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Why did the British government try to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War?  

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Assignment 1: Model B: Britain in the Second World War. 1. Why did the British government try to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? The evacuation of children in the early years if the Second World War was a major effort by all different types of people, especially the government. In anticipation of warfare a lot of forward planning had taken place. The main reason why children were evacuated was for their own safety. The government wanted the children to escape the danger of German air raids. Soldiers would say that the children distracted them from fighting a better war. In other words, this means that the soldiers said that if the children were in the city at the time of war, they will lose the war because of them because when children begin to panic; soldiers and workers can become distracted from the war effort. Children...

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