As part of the Wartime Memories series, the following is the eighth in the collection. General Salvage Schemes Over the period of the Second World War, the British Government, in an appeal to the population’s staunch national patriotism, launched a series of initiatives aimed at salvaging used metal, rubber, paper and rags. To which the “Army of the Home Front.” Responded enthusiastically. Previously, in 1941, in order to preserve its own stocks, the United States stopped exporting scrap metal to the UK. The British government was therefore forced to seek an alternative source of obtaining iron and steel supplies. While … Continue reading Spitfires from Scrap Metal