This series uses contemporary posters, images, and eyewitness accounts to examine how people experienced World War II away from the battlefield. It examines not only life on the home front but also what it was like to do military service or to live under enemy occupation, as well as the influence of propaganda and espionage on the course of the conflict. This book looks at all aspects of life on the home front, including rationing, evacuation, industry, the economy, and the war's impact on children and women. It shows how World War II was the first conflict to affect the lives of noncombatants and combatants alike.