home front Home front is an English language term with analogues in other languages. It is commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system for their military. Civilians are traditionally uninvolved in com ...

or homefront is the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system for its military.

Home fronts in wars

* American Civil War **

Economic history of the American Civil War The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact of the war. The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large ...

Economy of the Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America (1861–1865) started with an Agrarian economy, agrarian-based economy that relied heavily on Slavery in the United States, slave-worked Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, plantations for the King ...

Home front during World War I The home front during World War I covers the domestic, economic, social and political histories of countries involved in World War I, that conflict. For nonmilitary interactions among the major players see diplomatic history of World War I. About ...

German occupation of Belgium during World War I The German occupation of Belgium (, ) of World War I was a military occupation of Belgium by the forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918. Beginning in August 1914 with the invasion of neutral Belgium, the country was almost complet ...

Economic history of World War I The economic history of World War I covers the methods used by the First World War (1914–1918), as well as related postwar issues such as war debts and reparations. It also covers the economic mobilization of labour, industry, and agriculture l ...

** History of Germany during World War I#Home front **

History of the United Kingdom during the First World War The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom was a leading Allies of World War I, Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918. They fought against the Central Powers, mainly German Empire, Germany. The armed fo ...

United States home front during World War I United States in World War I, During World War I, the United States saw a systematic mobilization of the country's entire population and economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, ammunitions and money necessary to win the war. Although the ...

Home front during World War II The term "home front" covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland Military production during World War II, military production became vital to both the Allies of World War II, Allied and Axis ...

Australian home front during World War II Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Aus ...

German occupation of Belgium during World War II The German occupation of Belgium (, ) during World War II began on 28 May 1940, when the Belgian army surrendered to German forces, and lasted until Belgium's liberation by the Western Allies between September 1944 and February 1945. It was ...

** Canada in World War II#Home front **

German military administration in occupied France during World War II The Military Administration in France (; ) was an Military Administration (Nazi Germany), interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western French Third ...

Vichy France Vichy France (; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established as a result of the French capitulation after the Battle of France, ...

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

Netherlands in World War II Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany German invasion of the Netherlands, invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of ''Fall Gelb'' (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the Rotterdam Blitz, bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces ...

Pacific Islands home front during World War II The civilian population, culture and infrastructure of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia (Pacific Islands) were completely changed between 1941 and 1945 because of the logistical requirements of the Allies in their war against Japan (''taemfa ...

Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) During World War II, Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union following the invasion in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945. Throughout the entire course of the ...

Polish culture during World War II Polish culture during World War II was suppressed by the occupying powers of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, both of whom were hostile to Poland's people and cultural heritage. Policies aimed at cultural genocide resulted in the deaths of thou ...

United Kingdom home front during World War II The British home front during World War II covers the political, social and economic history during 1939–1945. The war was expensive and financed through high taxes, selling off assets, and accepting large amounts of Lend Lease from the US and ...

United States home front during World War II The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. There was a general feeling of agreement that ...

Women in the World Wars During both World war, world wars, women were required to undertake new roles in their respective national war efforts.R.J.Q. Adams, Adams, R.J.Q. (1978). ''Arms and the Wizard. David Lloyd George, Lloyd George and the Ministry of Munitions 19 ...

Women in World War I Women in World War I were Mobilization, mobilized in unprecedented numbers on all sides. The vast majority of these women were drafted into the civilian work force to replace Conscription, conscripted men or to work in greatly expanded ammunition ...

Women in World War II Women took on many different roles during World War II, including as combatants and workers on the home front. The war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale; the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expans ...

Military

Home Front Command The Home Front Command (HFC; , ''Pikud HaOref'', also referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym ''Pakar'') is an Israel Defense Forces military district command responsible for civil protection. It was created in February 1992 in response t ...

, an Israeli military command *

Operation Homefront Operation Homefront is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2002 to serve ill or injured veterans and their families. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and Arlington, Virginia. The organization's stated mission is to "build stro ...

, a U.S. non-profit for supporting military families

Arts, entertainment, media

Film

* ''The Home Front'' (1940 film), a Canadian documentary short directed by Stanley Hawes * ''The Home Front'', a 1943 animated short in the Private Snafu series * ''Home Front'' (1988 film), a 1988 British television film by Nick McCarty in the anthology series ''ScreenPlay'' * ''Homefront'' (2013 film), an American action-thriller directed by Gary Fleder * ''Home Front'' (2020 film), a French drama directed by Lucas Belvaux

Literature

* ''Homefront'', a 1986 book by Patti Davis, née Reagan; see * ''Homefront'', a 2005 novel by Chuck Logan * ''The Home Front'', a 1932 book by

Sylvia Pankhurst Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (; 5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English Feminism, feminist and Socialism, socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise worki ...

* " Mars: The Home Front", a 1996 short story by George Alec Effinger

Music

Home Front (band) Home Front is a Canadian post-punk band from Edmonton, AlbertaTom Breihan"Home Front – 'Faded State' & 'Real Eyes'" ''Stereogum'', January 25, 2023. formed in 2021, by Graeme McKinnon, formerly of Wednesday Night Heroes, and Clint Frazier of Sh ...

, a Canadian post-punk musical group of the 2020s

Radio

* ''Home Front'' (BBC radio series), BBC Radio 4 drama set in Britain during World War I * ''Homefront'', the former title of the radio program, '' Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford''

Television

TV shows

* ''Home Front'' (TV series), a lifestyle television series airing on TVNZ's channel Television One * ''Homefront'' (1994 TV series), British BBC TV show series about interior design * ''Homefront'' (American TV series), 1990s American ABC TV show series set in the 1940s * ''Homefront'' (2012 TV series), British ITV drama about the wives of soldiers fighting in Afghanistan

TV episodes

* "Home Front" (''Brothers & Sisters''), 2007 * "Home Front" (''Doctors''), 2005 * "Homefront" (''NCIS''), 2016 * "Homefront" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), 1996 * "The Home Front" (The 4400), 2006

Video games

* ''Homefront'' (video game), a video game released in 2011 * '' Homefront: The Revolution'', a 2016 video game (a reboot of the first ''Homefront'')