State & history
When the Second World War began in 1939, why were many children moved from British cities to the countryside?
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✕ To work on farms for money Your answer
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✓ To protect them from expected bombing raids
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C To attend new boarding schools
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D To avoid a disease epidemic
Not quite.
In the evacuation that began in September 1939, millions of children and others were moved away from cities expected to be bombed. Many lived with host families in the countryside.
Source: Imperial War Museums – Evacuation; National Archives