interactive/resource-downloads/cab24-256-cp35-144-b.jpg The final stage of the reoriented air defence system. A 20 mile-wide buffer
zone (pink) reserves space for fighter intercept activity outside the area
covered by anti-aircraft guns.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/maps- interactive/resource-downloads/cab24-256-cp35-144-c.jpg By 1932 Britain ranked world fifth for front-line air strength with 742 aircraft,
while Japan had a projected force of 1639. Despite the statement that no
German Air Force existed, a secret German Air Combat School had been
established in the USSR in 1925, while covert aircraft production facilities
existed in several countries.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/maps- interactive/resource-downloads/cab24-227-cp32-10.jpg Unemployment relief 1932 In the initial post-war recession of 1920 the government attempted to reduce
unemployment by creating public works programmes. In 1932, in response to
the worsening economic situation following the Wall Street crash, the plans
were re-considered. It was felt that the benefits of public works were
outweighed by the costs. As a result, government directed spending towards
the re-equipment and reorganisation of the industrial and agricultural sectors.
The government considered the option for the settlement of unemployed
labourers on the land as smallholders. The second image shows a model
bungalow for labourers.
Images Government relief schemes to tackle increasing unemployment between 1924
and 1931 proved to be too costly for large-scale implementation.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/maps- interactive/resource-downloads/cab24-227-cp32-36.jpg Design for a poultry keeper’s bungalow that formed part of a scheme to
establish smallholdings for unemployed workers.