why did the british government decide to evacuate children in the early years of the second worl war

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In August 1939 Adolf Hitler was making speeches suggesting that he was going to send Germany into Czechoslovakia. The British government began to fear that they would soon have a war with the Nazi’s so they ordered Cellars and basements and air raid shelters. It was predicted that the future war could involve 600 tons of bombs per day, but however it involved 3500 tons of bombs each day. The government then also made plans of saving the children by evacuating them from the cities that would be targeted. The British government then decided to split the country into 3. One country heavy targeted one neutral and one that accepted evacuees. The British government had then a huge campaign trying persuading parents to evacuate the children. Many parents didn’t want to let their children go they thought that some children couldn’t be looked after in the other countries. Some children were evacuated and some weren’t, but why was the British Government so determined to evacuate so many children?

Many people would still remember the destruction of World War One and they would also remember the bombing and havoc that came because of this. Although bombing was sporadic and limited the people of Britain and the government knew that with new technology that bombing could become extremely dangerous because of mass production they knew there would be more bombs, more planes and that everything would be a lot more advanced and if precautions was not took it lead to mass death such as in the Spanish Civil War.
The Spanish Civil War devastated Spain from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, ending with the victory of the rebels and the founding a dictatorship led by the Nationalist General Francisco Franco. Many new technologies and tactics were used in this war, Firepower Technology mainly. The Bf 109B first entered combat with the German Condor Legion units during the Spanish Civil War. 500,000 peoples were killed. To avoid this happening in Britain, the government needed planes to fight back and try to avoid mass panic and mass death and the children had to be evacuated.

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Another reason why the British government decided to evacuate children from Britain’s major cities in the early years of the Second World War is, because people out on the lines were to believe that their children and families back home had been evacuated and were all fine and safe, this was to boost the morale for the British troops. This would encourage them to work harder, to ensure Britain would be a safe place for their children to grow up. Evacuation also gave the woman a role.
As Evacuation gave freedom to the women, the Government took advantage of this and ...

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