Question

Definition of homefront? What is a homefront? I looked it up on the dictionary, but I have no idea. And where was the homefront for Canadian soldiers during World War 1? Thank you

Answer 1

Imagine that a country is fighting a war abroad: they need to have supplies sent to them. Those supplies need to be produced somewhere, and they're usually produced by the people back home, who also contribute to the war effort, but are not directly fighting. Those people are on the home front: at home but fighting.

For Canada, the home front would be in Canada.