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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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EVACUATION Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? It was 3 September 1939; Britain went to war with Germany. The war changed everything families said good bye to fathers, brothers and husbands. Britain expected towns and cities to be bombed e.g.( London, Birmingham, Portsmouth) and thought that thousands of people would die. The government decided to send mothers and children into the country side to keep them safe. This was known as the evacuation scheme. In the first weeks of the start of the war, nearly two million children were evacuated. The government, which controlled all aspects of the media, wanted to give the public the impression that evacuation was popular among those affected and put out propaganda pictures and film to this effect. Much early in 1939 January, the government...
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