Evacuation
Introduction:
People, especially children, were evacuated for their own safety. It would have been too dangerous for them to stay in places where the bombs land on their homes and schools. Evacuation was a sad time for families and friends, especially the part were they get separated. Approximately three million people (mainly children) were evacuated from cities and towns in WWII.
People, especially children, were evacuated for their own safety. It would have been too dangerous for them to stay in places where the bombs land on their homes and schools. Evacuation was a sad time for families and friends, especially the part were they get separated. Approximately three million people (mainly children) were evacuated from cities and towns in WWII.
Evacuee Facts:
Children were evacuated with either their class mates or on their own. People bombed cities empty planes tried to destroy factories.But bombs would hit homes and schools, so children would be in danger.The government tried at the start of the war to empty the cities of children and that is called evacuation.
That also protected them from air raids.The first official evacuation began on September 1st 1939, two days before the declaration of the war.The scheme had been planned before the the out-break of war, A committee led by Sir John Anderson was set up and met for three months from May 1938.
The larger part of people who were evacuated were children and, for that reason, the operation was codenamed Pied Piper, suitable named after the rather frightening German folk character.
Some children were sent to Devon, Cornwall and Wales.Most of the other children moved into villages in the North, East Anglia and Scotland.Evacuees were sent to live with ,what they call,'host families.'Their new homes that they lived longer in lived in were called'billets.'The people who arranged for the children to live with them were called,'Billeting officers.'Many children did not always end up in the right places. Most of the time evacuees stood in a line, and people who lived in the area picked which child to take with him/her.A little load of children went to: Canada, United States, Australia etc.
Teachers sent home letters of the children telling them what to pack for their journey as a evacuees: Washing things, clean clothes and a favourite book. That way they don't forget to bring something and get upset about it.
Even though the evacuees missed their homes, many of them enjoyed the country. The country was full of surprises. For example some children had never even seen a cow! Moreover they were very surprised to
see were milk came from.
Children were evacuated with either their class mates or on their own. People bombed cities empty planes tried to destroy factories.But bombs would hit homes and schools, so children would be in danger.The government tried at the start of the war to empty the cities of children and that is called evacuation.
That also protected them from air raids.The first official evacuation began on September 1st 1939, two days before the declaration of the war.The scheme had been planned before the the out-break of war, A committee led by Sir John Anderson was set up and met for three months from May 1938.
The larger part of people who were evacuated were children and, for that reason, the operation was codenamed Pied Piper, suitable named after the rather frightening German folk character.
Some children were sent to Devon, Cornwall and Wales.Most of the other children moved into villages in the North, East Anglia and Scotland.Evacuees were sent to live with ,what they call,'host families.'Their new homes that they lived longer in lived in were called'billets.'The people who arranged for the children to live with them were called,'Billeting officers.'Many children did not always end up in the right places. Most of the time evacuees stood in a line, and people who lived in the area picked which child to take with him/her.A little load of children went to: Canada, United States, Australia etc.
Teachers sent home letters of the children telling them what to pack for their journey as a evacuees: Washing things, clean clothes and a favourite book. That way they don't forget to bring something and get upset about it.
Even though the evacuees missed their homes, many of them enjoyed the country. The country was full of surprises. For example some children had never even seen a cow! Moreover they were very surprised to
see were milk came from.
These are pictures of evacuees about to be sent to the countryside.