It emphasizes that mass evacuation is impractical and dangerous, leading to chaos and hampering rescue efforts. The narrative argues that every able-bodied person has a duty to stay and contribute ...

In Osnabrück, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from World War II prompted a large-scale evacuation, directly impacting thousands of citizens. The operation ...

Throughout World ... of mass evacuation - the biggest and most concentrated movement of people in British history - remains uppermost in the minds of those who lived through the war.

To avoid the chaos of a mass migration of people from urban centres in the event of war, the government drew up plans for an official evacuation ... course of the Second World War.

Teaching resources for Key Stage 2 History - World War Two - with video clips using material from the BBC archive. Topics include evacuation, the Blitz, rationing, songs, news reports, speeches ...