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Why did the British government evacuate children at the beginning of the Second World War?
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Why did the British government evacuate children at the beginning of the Second World War? At the start of the Second World War, the British government introduced a plan of evacuation. It was to evacuate children and pregnant women from evacuation areas where heavy bombing was expected. The heavy bombing was expected in large cities and industrial areas. The government expected a heavy bombing campaign in towns, cities, and industrial areas, so they expected heavy casualties. After the tragedies of World War 1, where Britain was bombed for the first time, this gave people real fear because it was the first time had been bombed and people had a lot of fear. Even though it only happened near the end of the war 1000s of people were killed and a lot of property was damaged. Also this time there was the fear that Germany could bomb Britain with poison gas,...
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