Home front is an English language term with analogues in other languages. It is commonly used to describe the full participation of the British public in World War I who suffered Zeppelin raids and endured food rations as part of what came to be called the "Home Front".
The "We Can Do It!" poster was widely seen on the United States home front during World War II; it became popular in the 1980s. Today, it is often associated with the cultural icon Rosie the Riveter, although it does not actually depict her.
"I am a good war hen, I eat little and produce a lot." French poster from World War I.
Total war is a type of warfare that includes any and all civilian-associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilises all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.
Ruins of Warsaw's Napoleon Square in the aftermath of World War II
The drownings at Savenay during the War in the Vendée, 1793
Napoleon's retreat from Russia in 1812. Napoleon's Grande Armée had lost about half a million men.
Damage and destruction of civilian buildings in Belgium, 1914