Why was children evacuated from british cities in World War 2?

Answer 1

because they were going to get bombed if the stayed in plces like london Answer This Q was posted under WW2 in UK so I assume you refer to British children. The range of the German bombers could only reach to the vicinity of London. So, it was easy to evacuate outside of this "kill zone".

Answer 2

The reason why children were evacuated during WW2 is because; The Spanish had, had a civil war before the start of WW2 and bombs were used, Governments thought that this was a very powerful weapon (many innocent lives were taken). So instead of taking the risk of Childrens lives being taken, they evacuated them to save them from Nazi bombing. Hope that helps!

Answer 3

There were many reasons to why the British Government decided to evacuate Children, all of these essentially in aid of the war effort and because of the threat of being bombed. Firstly, the war effort demanded not only soldiers for the war front, but workers on the home front, supplying food, ammunition, weapons and other resources required to fight the war. Laborious jobs, and jobs in general, tended to be for men only, this rapidly changed, as most men were either fighting, injured, or dead, women were allowed to work in order to replace them and keep production going, who then were left to look after the children? Children were most likely to get in the way of their parents as they would have to look after them, or be worrying about them. The government did not want capable parents sitting at home caring for their children, they wanted them contributing towards the war effort in any way possible. Having children remain in the cities could potentially have slowed down industrial production, therefore jeopardising the war effort, which was critical considering British soldiers were fighting away on the western front, and supplies needed to reach them rapidly. Evacuating the children was the logical thing to do in order to solve this. The Safety of the Children was paramount, they were after all the next generation, and so needed to be protected. Having parents worry about the safety of their children was also damaging towards the war effort, they needed to be focused on their jobs. Britain's major cities were ideal targets for bombings, as they were the most populated; most lighted up and therefore easiest to see from the sky, and were the c entre of Industrial production. Leaving the children in them would put them at risk, and so evacuating them to the countryside - an unlikely bombing target - was the rational thing to do. This meant that the children were much safer, and it left their parents and siblings, who would have most likely been working, to carry on doing so, unworried about their children being bombed and having to look after them. Propaganda was an extremely important part of the war effort, for both the home front and the war front, Radio, Theatres, and Posters such as the " The Hun and Home", and "Daddy what did you do in the Great war?" Were used to raise the morale of workers and soldiers. These posters were essentially used to encourage men to enlist in the army, to protect their families, for pride, and also to encourage workers to work hard. The deaths of their children would certainly contradict these propaganda posters and lower the morale of both the Soldiers, and workers. This would be counterproductive - if soldiers lost their lost their children, what would they have left to fight for? If workers lost their children, what would they have left to work for?

Answer 4

because they wanted to keep the future generation of England safe, and they weren't safe in big cities as they would be easier for the Nazi's to find and attack, therefore they got evacuated to small country villages where it would be very unlikely to be attacked.

Answer 5

During World War II the British government evacuated children from heavily bombed areas, such as London for the simple reason of safety. Parents were not evacuated because they were needed for the war effort; in other words, they had work to perform whilst children did not and could be schooled elsewhere. In rural areas, evacuated children were also invaluable for such things as harvesting potatoes.

Answer 6

Children were evacuated in World War 2 by train

Answer 7

Main reason was to protect them from the German Blitz which was a German air raid into British cities such as Manchester, London and Bristol.

Answer 8

because Hitler was bombing Britain

Answer 9

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Answer 10

So the children were safe and also because they were away from bombing so they weren’t scared .