3rd September 1939 saw the beginning of World War Two, meaning the two countries involved, Britain and Germany, were about to go down in history for one of the most brutal acts of war known to man.

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3rd September 1939 saw the beginning of World War Two, meaning the two countries involved, Britain and Germany, were about to go down in history for one of the most brutal acts of war known to man. After the Munich agreement, signed in September 1938, it had became apparent to the many leaders of Europe that the forthcoming war had been prevented. However, after Germany's invasion of Poland on the 1st September 1939, it then became clear that a second world war was inevitable.

It was later revealed that the British government had started to prepare for a possible war long before it actually happened, they had witnessed the new technology developed by Germany during the Spanish civil war that was threatening Britain and had observed the mass destruction that blitzkrieg, the lightening war, had already caused and could possibly cause to Britain if allowed. Because of this the British government began to take precautions. There was no other option if they were to avoid nationwide casualties caused by German air raids. The most well-known of these measures was evacuation. Evacuation was introduced into Britain on the 1st September 1939. It consisted of the transporting of children from major cities to safe areas in the country side of Britain. These major cities were no longer considered safe for British children.

During the first world war, Britain's success was largely due to it’s navy. A strong navy was essential as air technology was not advanced enough to make any threat to Britain so by sea was the only way Britain was vulnerable to attack. However, by the second world war this had changed.

Since the German government surrendered in November 1918, they had been determined to improve and ever since, they constantly uncovered new methods of offence, the most successful of these being ‘blitzkrieg,’ translating into lightning war. Blitzkrieg consisted of parachutes being dropped behind enemy lines, whilst foot soldiers carried out the initial attack; while this was taking place bombs were then dropped on key targets in Britain.

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This advance in technology by the German forces made it almost obligatory for the British government to evacuate.

The ‘blitzkrieg’ never actually was used on Britain, although the sincerity of the German lightening war was witnessed at it’s worst in Guernica, Spain during the Spanish civil war.

The strategy used in Guernica was that bombs were initially set to explode in the market place and as the locals fled they were gunned down by German fighter planes. This massacre lasted for three hours and left almost two thousand civilians dead or severely injured. This gave the British government ...

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