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What Were the Different Reactions of People Towards Evacuation  

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What Were the Different Reactions of People Towards Evacuation? On the 31st August 1939 1.5 million school children were evacuated to the countryside to be taken in by families across the country. The evacuation took place over the next 3 days and by the end day war was declared. The idea of evacuation was protect and save innocent lives and look after the future of Britain against the new technology. The four groups involved each had very different experiences of evacuation. Many of the evacuees enjoyed the experience in the country although many hated it. Many of the evacuees felt that the country was strange and very different to life in the city as some of they had never even seen a cow before. The children had no say in where or even if they were to be evacuated. The children were often lined up in a line and picked out like...

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