Why the British Government Decided to Evacuate Children from Their Major Cities in the Early Years of the Second World War 1) Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from the Britain’s major cities in the early years of the Second World War? England knew that they would be at war soon because they suspected Germany of bombing them. The British Government thought that it would be soon because Germany had bombed them in the First World War. England thought they would beat the war with Germany easily because they thought that they were more technologically advanced. They also thought this because they had more ships and also weapons. As a consequence of this the British Government decided to evacuate all the children from Britain’s major cities. They evacuated the children to the countryside where it would be safer. It would be safer in the countryside because the Germans wouldn’t bomb there as it wouldn’t kill many people. They also wouldn’t bomb the countryside because it wouldn’t damage Britain’s infrastructure as there wasn’t any ports or factories. The British Government expected Germany to bomb them because they had bombed them in the First World War. This shows that the Germans weren’t afraid of England. They also suspected Germany of bombing them because they knew that Hitler had been building a very strong air force (Luftwaffe) with new technology. They knew this because Hitler had not been following the Treaty of Versailles for sometime. This also shows that he was not afraid of going to war with Britain. Hitler built a knew air force because he thought that it would mean that Britain wouldn’t have as good a chance (damage Britain’s chances of winning the war) If England was bombed it would affect their chances of winning the war because it would destroy factories. This would then mean that Britain wouldn’t be able to build as much weaponry to defend them selves which would then mean that it would make them weaker. The destruction of homes would also add to the chance of Britain loosing the war because
Evaluation of the Success of the Evacuation of Children from Major British Cities during World War II
Why the Major Cities of Britain were Bombed by the Germans in 1940 and 1941
[4] From the memoirs of J.B Gent a Child in the war who lived on
Why the British Government Decided to Evacuate Children from Britain's Major Cities in the Early Years of the Second World War
Even before War with Germany was accredited, the British government felt that it was necessary to shield the civilian inhabitants, especially children; pregnant mothers, disabled people and teachers accompanied them. The government decided to evacuate children from the major cities into rural areas. They had many reasons for doing this, each of them mainly linked to fear of civilian casualties.
Why the British Government Decided to Evacuate Children in the Early Years of the Second World War
did not know what the war in the air would be like; the First World
The government evacuated children from major cities in Britain to safer areas of the country in response to a new style of warfare that had emerged from World War One, due to the use of aircraft. Aircraft began to target industrial areas in an attempt to damage a country’s economy, and therefore damage their ability on the front line, and morale. However, accuracy was bad and so bombs often landed off target and injured civilians who worked or lived in the industrial areas. The Government decided that the children needed to be protected as they were the next generation and fewer child deaths meant higher morale for the British people. Bombs were less likely to fall on rural areas of Great Britain and so the government decided to evacuate people who could not help the war effort out to houses, and families, in the countryside.
they knew that some good would come out of it at the end of the war.
use to the war effort. It would be a huge moral boost if the parents
Reasons Leading to the Evacuation of Children from Britain's Major Cities Early in World War Two
During World War 2, many children were moved from areas that were at risk from bombing. The children had to leave their families and go to live with strangers in less dangerous parts of the country.
after the event and there was no reason for the author to be bias. I
Evacuation in the Second World War Evacuation is defined in Collins dictionary as being 'a movement from a dangerous area, especially in time of war'. Surely this is a good solution to the enemies' bombing. It was a fast and effective process, 1st September 1939 saw 1.5million people moving to safer areas. As successful as this sounds many began to filter home within weeks. Homesickness drove some, hard labour enforced by the foster parents drove others, but mothers fetched the majority home by Christmas as no bombing had occurred.
...live with them. The fastest way our of the country was to transport was to fly to Britain directly kids who were sponsored went with a foster family and kids who did not have sponsors would attend the summer camps provided to them. The associations who saved these kids focused on the children who were in need of medical condition or who had dead parents or if there family was missing or in concentration camps. Children chosen by the kinder-transport were chosen were transported either by train or sailed out and the last transport was May 14, 1946 (“Holocaust Transport”).