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Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from major cities in the early years of the Second World War?
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Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from major cities in the early years of the Second World War? The government of Britain thought of war may begin between Germany and Britain. From this they thought that Britain needed to protect its civilians from bombs and gas attacks. Children were protected by being evacuated from large cities to the country side were it was less likely for that area to get bombed or gassed. The German army invaded Poland on 1st September 1939 and Britain had tried to get Hitler to withdraw and hold peace, however this failed and on 3rd September Winston Churchill (Britain) declared war on Germany. From September 1939 to April 1940, nothing actually happened during this period. But children were evacuated. The first announcement made to evacuate was 31st August, 1 day before Germany invaded Poland. Britain had evacuated 1.5million children with in 3 days....
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