Anglais, children and WW2

Children and World War Two

1st paragraph:

• Children were affected by World War 2, approximately 2 million children were evacuated.
• They were frightened by the situation because they had to live with strangers and endure rationing.
• Children accounted for 1 in 10 of the deaths during the Blitz of London

2nd paragraph:

• Britain was the target of many attacks by the enemy during the 2nd WW. The only way that Germany could reach mainland Britain was to bomb it.  
• Because of this, The British government decided to implement “Operation pied Piper” to evacuate millions of children.

3rd paragraph:

• The evacuation of children depended on the social status of their parents. The children from well-to-do families took refuge in the countryside and brothers and sisters could stay together.
• In early September, children from poorer backgrounds gathered at rail stations, not knowing where they were going or if they would be split up from their siblings.

4th paragraph:

• “Operation pied piper” concerned 6 cities where the risk of bombing was high.
• The children that were evacuated received a stamped postcard to send from their new address. This allowed parents to know where their children were.

5th paragraph:

• “Operation pied piper” planned to evacuate 3,5 million children in 3 days. Evacuation was not obligatory, so some children stayed with their parents. However, 1,9 million children were evacuated, which was an incredible achievement.

6th paragraph:

• For some children, their passage of evacuation was easy, whilst for others it was stressful. This was due to the social situation of the host family.
• The government never mentioned this problem because they wanted the evacuation to be an enormous success.

7th paragraph:

• By January 1940, about 60% of all evacuees had returned to their home because many mothers decided that the danger of bombing was exaggerated.
• The government was not prepared so lots of schools in the cities stayed closed.
• Social problems appeared because children from poorer backgrounds were left unsupervised for most of the day whilst their parents worked in factories.

8th paragraph:

• Slowly, by the end of 1941, calm had returned to the cities.
• For many children, life had returned to normal.
• Thanks to the rationing, everybody had access to food.
• Even if the war was not finished, cinemas opened again.

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