''Evacuation was a great success'' - Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation?
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History Coursework Assignement 1 2(b) 11/12/02 ''Evacuation was a great success'' Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation? Explain your answer using the sources and knowledge from your own studies. The aims of evacuation by the British government in the Second World War were, to keep up morale by minimising infant casualties from air raids. They also wished to preserve future generations, as well as protect those most vulnerable such as the handicapped and pregnant women. The government also wanted to keep the children happy and un-scared by the horrors of war. Source A shows a crowd of children with their mothers walking to the station in London to be evacuated to the countryside. All of the children and mothers have smiley, cheerful faces and are waving to the camera, they seem excited and happy about the thought of evacuation. I know that excitement was a common feeling shared amongst many evacuees during...

