‘An Arena of Glorious Work’: The Protection of the Rural Landscape Against the Demands of Britain's Second World War Effort

• Published in: Rural history Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 259 - 280
• Main Author: WILLIS, GARY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Annual reports; Armed forces; Campaigns; Camps; Degradation; Departments; Factories; Government agencies; Historiography; Interwar period; Land use; Landscape; Lobbying; Militarization; Planning; Preservation; Progress reports; Propaganda; Rural areas; Rural communities; World War I; World War II; United Kingdom > UK; England

This article explores the development of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England's (CPRE) policy response to the increasing demands for rural land by the armed forces and other war effort-related government departments prior to and during the Second World War. The CPRE was supportive...