world war 2 homefront

[silverdale5]

help me i need 2 start to write about evacuation about homefront for my history project, how could i write a sentance about evacuation???

[JudgeJ]

You will need more than a sentence.

[silverdale5]

i no but can u help

[kazza12345]

"Chilren were evacuated away from the cities to the countryside, as it was felt it would be safer for them."

[SaxyJag]

You could do it from the viewpoint of an evacuee:

"When I was 12, war broke out, and the government said all us kids had to go and live in the country ..."

[jno]

some were evacuated abroad too.

[Ethel]

Read all about it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/evacuee s_01.shtml


Just don't print it off and hand it in!


:)

[Golden Shred]

During World War 2 around three-and-a-half million British people, mainly children, were evacuated, by train, bus and even boat, away from possible air-raids in the big cities and It was one of the biggest social upheavals the United Kingdom has ever seen.

[reinganum]

One of the best books on the Home Front in WW2 is "The People's War" by Angus Calder, which you should be able to get from your library. The first part of Chapter 2 is the bit you need.
Some important points:
1. Government/officials believed British cities would be heavily raided as soon as the war started, so needed to evacuate quickly;
2. Not only children, but also mothers with babies and toddlers, and pregnant women, were evacuated;
3. Many families made private arrangements (for example if they had a relation who lived in the country)
4. Many people in the "reception" areas were appalled at the state of some of the children billeted on them; it was the first time they had encountered people who lived in desperate poverty.
5. When the expected air raids did not happen, many evacuees went home again.

Hope this helps.

[silverdale5]

thankyou everyone for your help.