Daily Archives: 02/12/2013
evacuation
children during the Blitz
the government encouraged parents to leave children in the countryside
the government felt children were safer in the countryside
10% of those killed in the Blitz were children
the cities were viewed as dangerous for children
many children returned to their parents in the cities despite the dangers
evacuation of children to the safer countryside
Link to children’s experiences of the Blitz and World War II
Evacuation
Evacuation
in Sept 1939 on the outbreak of war the government launched Operation Pied Piper, which was the removal of children from the cities to the countryside for their safety
homes and streets destroyed
homes destroyed after the Blitz
when people emerged from the bomb shelters in the mornings they would return home to see if their house was still standing after a nights bombing