0 happening before a war, especially the Second World War: --
the pre-war years
The process of postwar reconstruction involved many continuities with pre-war patterns of economy and society.
Some administrators and governors clearly opposed any substantial revision of the pre-war colonial regime.
Some senior officers did believe that pre-war doctrine required modification.
The war gave new voice to pre-war demands for the right to roam.
None of these pre-war adult cohorts however experienced the enormous cultural transformations that spread throughout society in the second half of the 20th century.
The rate rose in the 1930s and fell slightly when conditions improved in the immediate pre-war years with increased industrial activity and employment.
In addition, the weather was worse in the 1920s than in the pre-war years (102).
This pre-war antipathy has been one of which historians, too, have been well aware.
