Evacuation/Air Raids
A plan to move 3.5 million children in three days
What is Operation Pied Piper?
What was short in supply throughout the war?
Children's shoes.
200 were used for war.
How many school buildings were used for war?
What ages did children acquire jobs, and were in full-time employment at?
Between 14 and 17.
The housing in Britain ranged from...
...shabby slums to stately homes.
A kid left unsupervised for most of the day as their father was away with the military and their mother was at work in the factory.
What is a Dead-end kid?
What was a problem for parents since their children would grow?
Clothing
Basements and cellars.
What was turned into classrooms?
What ages were they required to register for some form of national service?
16-18
A large percent of families had bathrooms outside or...
...no bathrooms at all.
The period in time when it seemed the danger of the bombing was exaggerated.
What is the Phoney War?
What was rationed?
Meat, sugar, butter, cheese, and eggs.
Teachers, books, paper, and equipment.
What was short in supply?
At what age did boys receive their call-up papers for the armed forces?
18
How many homes were destroyed by bombing?
200,000
A German bombing campaign against London in 1940 and 1941.
What is the Blitz?
What did Women's Voluntary service run?
Clothing exchanges.
14
What was the age children left school at?
What were the four major industries that children worked in?
Engineering, aircraft production, shipbuilding, and vehicle manufacture.
Children often ________ with brothers and sisters or parents.
shared beds
The flying bomb and rocket, that had caused more damage.
What is the V1 and V2?
What were children and expectant mothers given?
Special portions of milk and vitamins.
What did the bombing and air raids, that led to postponing lessons, lead to?
Lack of attendance.
How were younger children expected to do their parts?
By salvaging scrap metal, paper, glass, and waste food for recycling. They also raised money for weapons and knitted blankets for the troops.
Many children had to re-locate several times, often into _____________emergency homes.
pre-assembled