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During the war over 3,000,000 children were evacuated into the British countryside and sent abroad to escape the bombing of Britain. Children were evacuated from most of the major cities
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Evacuation During the war over 3,000,000 children were evacuated into the British countryside and sent abroad to escape the bombing of Britain. Children were evacuated from most of the major cities including London, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle and were sent to live with foster parents in the country who would sometimes treat them well or sometimes treat them badly. If the children were very young then their mothers were evacuated with them but most of the children were evacuated with their schools and teachers, also pregnant women, and blind and disabled people moved to the country. There were three main times in the war when the children were evacuated. First was when the war began, second was after the phoney war when the battle of Britain began and third was in 1944 when the Germans bombed Britain using V2 rockets. The first time children were evacuated was on...
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