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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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Question one: Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities at the start of the Second World War? The British government had many reasons for evacuating children from Britain's major cities at the start to of the Second World War. The prime objective of the evacuation was to save the children from being killed by German bombing raids. The government feared that air attacks on main cities were very close, and they wanted the country to be prepared for such dangers. The children were the future, and the government didn't want a desperately low population. Being woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of bombs exploding would have been very scary to an adult, never mind a young child. The government knew that parents would have been worried about their children's safety if nothing were done. If a mother knew her child was...
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