Meaning of war effort | Babel Free

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A coordinated mobilisation of a country's resources, both industrial and human, in support of its military forces during a war.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link⟳ with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure⟳, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.”

“Curwen had inherited a printing business in Plaistow, east London. In 1915 the government appealed for scrap metal to help⟳ the war effort. Curwen gazed at the 'clever, fussy, pretentious Victorian typefaces spread⟳ about his composing room floor' and felt a wave⟳ of revulsion. He sent away more than 200 founts of type⟳, retaining just one plain one, Caslon Old Face⟳.”

“It meant the Edwardians enjoyed a golden age of rail travel⟳, because independent companies could briefly provide⟳ a quality service before being forced into austerity to support⟳ Britain's resource-sapping war effort.”

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