evacuation Flashcards
1
Q
when
did evacuation start?
A
1st of september 1939
2
Q
how many people were evacuated in the first wave ?
A
1.5 million
3
Q
who was evacuated?
A
. pregnant women
. women nursing children
. children / schoolteachers
4
Q
what time did children start to go back to cities because people thought WW2 was a ‘phoney war’?
A
december 1939
5
Q
what was the process of evacuation ?
A
. children gathered in school / village halls
. children chosen by families
