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Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain’s major cities in the early years of the Second World
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Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? During the Second World War thousands of children were evacuated from all of the major cities on Britain. There were several waves of evacuation including the 1st, occurring at the beginning of the war and the 2nd in 1940. The children were taken from the danger zones, usually large towns and possible invasion sites, and sent to the less popular areas of the countryside. The Government decided upon this action after considering numerous possibilities and the problem they were faced with of saving the future population of Britain. Even before the start of the war the British government had forecast 60,000 lives would be lost within the first six months if no action was taken to safeguard the population. Throughout the Second World War, there was a severe threat...
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