war babies
Children of conflict
War babies are children born during wartime, especially those conceived when soldiers were home on leave or just before deployment.
The term often refers specifically to children born during World War II.
It can also describe stocks or industries that profit from war: Defense contractors are classic war babies.
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- 1940sFourth decade, twentieth century
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- ration cardPermit for limited goods
- homefrontCivilian sector during conflict
home front · air raid · blitz · evacuation · GI · nostalgia · austerity · reunion · missing in action · gold star mother · fatherless · orphan · resilience · generation · conception · homecoming · demobilization · occupation
- war reliefrelief funds, relief efforts, relief agencies, relief workers, emergency relief