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Q: What did Alan miles say he was carryig with him when he evacuated?
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What did Alan Miles say he was carrying with him when he evacuated?

an iPod<----- LOL Improved: He was carrying Dirt from France


How Did Evacuees get the name 'evacuee'?

The evacuees were children and specific adults who evacuated from London and other towns to protect them from being killed by the bombs Hitler kept sending to England. In the English language evacuees is the proper reference for the people who had to evacuate. We would not say evactuationers or evatuators.


How many people were saved by evacuation in World War 2?

Approximately 3.5 million people, mainly children, were evacuated en masse by the British Government during World War 2. They were sent to towns and villages in rural England where they stayed with relatives, or in many cases, complete strangers. People offering accommodation to evacuees were paid by the Government for their efforts. Evacuation occurred three time during the war: at the outbreak of war; during the Blitz in 1940; and during 1944 and 1945 when London was being attacked by German V1 and V2 weapons. On each occasion many evacuees returned to ther homes when the threat was perceived to have reduced. It is impossible to say how many of these were saved by evacuation because we can't know if they would have been killed had they not been evacuated.


How did children feel in World War 2?

All children were evacuated to the countryside where it was considered safer. This did cause the potential children who may die from bombings to reduce massively. However, they had to leave their parents and often they were split from their siblings. Many children were told by their parents that they were going on an adventure so they wouldn't become upset. they were all evacuated on 1st September 1939 however tyhere were no bombings and parents claimed it must have been an exaggeration so they decided to return home. Later though in 1940 the blitz started so they had to be re-evacuated. Sometimes the evacuees would live with very strict guardians and were treated unfairly and sometimes used as a worker;this sometimes meant that boys were more popular. So to conclude putting all these ideas in to mind i have to say that life must have been awful for children.


Could the evacuees choose where they got evacuated in World War 2?

The evacuees had absolutely no say at all in where they went, unless they had relatives living in one of the 'safe' areas. They were basically herded into the trains and sent off, with no idea where they were going at all. Their parents would have had no idea either until they got a letter from their child. Once they got to the village in which they were staying, they were taken to the village hall or school and were made to stand around the edge of it. It was then the villagers duty to come and choose as many children as they had spare beds. If there was not enough room for all of the children, then a billeter would take any remaining children around the village in case someone hadn't come to collect a child whenm they had a spare bed or to see if someone was willing to let the child squeeze into their house for a day or two until someone had been found who could take them in. Hope this helps!