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Was It A Good Idea To Evacuate Children In WWII?
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Was It A Good Idea To Evacuate Children In WWII? What Was Operation Pied Piper? Operation pied piper was the operation in which hundreds of thousands of children were evacuated away from big industrialised cities and transported into small countryside villages. This was done because the government feared bombing attacks on the big cities, so they believed that the children would come to less harm if they were away from this. The children were transported by train, which was a new experience for many of them, they also saw trees and animals such as cows for the first time in their lives. Once they had arrived at their destination they were given a medical check and they were then lined up and the villagers chose which child they wanted to take home with them. The children who looked strong were chosen first because they could work on farms, unfortunately, many of the children...
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