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Explain the differing reactions of people in Britain to the policy of evacuating children during the Second World War
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Hannah Mahdavi 11b Explain the differing reactions of people in Britain to the policy of evacuating children during the Second World War People involved with the policy of evacuation, the hosts, children, parents and government, all had very different views about the whole idea of evacuation. Some agreed with it, others didn't. The most affected by evacuation were the children as they were directly involved. The children were by far the most influenced by the evacuation. They were taken on little notice, put on trains to unknown places and lined up in a village hall and chose to be taken in. This was traumatic for the evacuees, as few understood what was going on and why. Also, some of the evacuees were not chosen, so were unfairly dumped on a random family, whether they were wanted or not. They were also bullied in the villages and got in trouble as they were...
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