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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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Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? The First World War brought about many changes in Europe's technology, society, politics and warfare. These all contributed to the change in nature of the Second World War. Not only were serving forces targeted, but innocent men, women and children living in cities and towns in Britain, France and Germany. Both sides knew this and so a 'fear factor' was created. This left the Government with a number of decisions to make, one being whether to evacuate children from major cities. But doing so could lower public morale which could be fatal to the war effort. There were a number of reasons why the Government did decide that evacuation would be put into practise. The first of which was the fact that children simply were of no use to the...
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