Evacuation was a Great Success

... "Evacuation was a great success" Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation? Explain your answer using the sources and knowledge from your studies. In September 1939, Evacuation was used to give safety to over a million school children living in the larger cities and towns of Great Britain. They were moved temporarily from their homes to places that the government considered safer usually out in the countryside and the more rural areas. The British Government did this as a safety precaution as they had declared a war with Germany; British towns would be targets for bombing raids by aircraft. Evacuation could be considered a success because many poor inner city children who had never experienced rail travel before were able to travel from outside inner cities. Even fewer children had been to the countryside. Many of the children thought evacuation would be something of a holiday or a great adventure. Source

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