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Was Evacuation successful?
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Was Evacuation successful? When evacuation started in September 1939 it was very popular. Many people in Britain thought that the German's would bomb the large cities such as London and Birmingham without a second thought. These thoughts were due to newsreels at cinemas showing German planes bombing cities in the Spanish civil war. So people were relieved that children and mothers of young children were evacuated. However the German's didn't start bombing British cities until the autumn of 1940 and it got worse through the winter of 1940-1941. This was called the blitz. Before this thousands of children had gone home, having to be evacuated again. Evacuation was generally a success and certainly helped save the lives of thousands of ordinary children from bombing. It involved hundreds and thousands of children, mothers and teachers being moved. It affected thousands of families who became hosts to the children. Considering the numbers of people...
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