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Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities at the start of the Second World War?
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Assignment: Model AI: Britain in the Second World War 1. Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities at the start of the Second World War? 1. Evacuation was introduced at the start of the Second World War so that young children were safe from cities like London and Birmingham that were considered to be in danger of being bombed by the Nazis. In the lead up to world war two, governments throughout Europe had been terrified of bombing. The many deaths of innocent civilians at Guernica in Spain during the Spanish civil war had been the proof that bombing was the new horror of warfare. With this in mind, the British government introduced evacuation. Newborn children to fifteen year olds were evacuated. They were sent with their 'Minders' - either mothers or teachers - to what were considered safe areas in the North...
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