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Why Did the British Government Decide to Evacuate Children From Britain’s Major Cities at the Start of The Second World War?
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Amy Nickell 28/2/06 The Arts Educational School Why Did the British Government Decide to Evacuate Children From Britain's Major Cities at the Start of The Second World War? When war began in 1939, Britain was not prepared for war. The idea of aerial bombardment terrorized the public and the government soon realised it was time to protect the children. The government soon made plans to evacuate over 3 million infants and youngsters to more rural places of safety. Alas, the government ended up only evacuating around half this number. Children were evacuated from major cities such as London and other important industrial cities such as Liverpool and Birmingham. The government knew large cities were key bombing targets as they contained the centres of communications, docks, ports and railway lines. Anything, which if bombed, would impede the countries ability to continue fighting. But what were the reasons behind the fear of the government and civilians?...
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