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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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Joseph Smart, 11:1 Evacuation of Children 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? As in 1914-18, the strains of war fell on civilians and fighting men alike. But, in the Second World War, the fighting was more widespread, the weapons more deadly, the treatment of conquered people more brutal. There are many reasons why the British government decided to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War. The first plans for evacuation were secretly made in 1934, five years before the Second World War. This was because Germany had started rearming and specifically that it had increased its bomber production. The British government therefore decided to make evacuation plans because of the German threat. After the Munich Conference of 1938, war seemed to be unavoidable and the...
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