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Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War?
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THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? Even before the war broke out, it was positive that the prime target for the Germans would be the city of London, because of the amount of people and how urbanized it was. In 1939, Germany declared war on Poland, and Britain and France declared war on Germany. The British government had a safe idea for children living in Large, heavily industrial and built-up cities. This was to evacuate them. Cities like London and Birmingham were the main targets for the German Bombers, and because they were very built up in some parts with tall buildings, they would be very easily seen and were very easy targets, for the Germans. If the children stayed in these developed cities, they would be under a...
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