○Life In World War 2○
What was it like to be an evacuee?
One little boy called Clifford thought being evacuated was very exciting, but that it was also strange and frightening. Also that most of the mothers did not go away with their children so the children were confused about where they were being sent or who they were going to live with. Some of the kids found being evacuated miserable and others found that they had many fantastic adventures. Before the war started lots of children were living in towns and cities so they had never been to the country side and were absolutely amazed when they saw all the cows and the sheep for the first time in their life. It would have been a huge for Clifford to go back to the city after living in the beautiful countryside for ages.
What was the diet of the people during the war?
Most of the food had to be used sparingly and people needed rationing coupons to get the food they wanted. Often people queued for hours not knowing if the food they wanted was in the shop. As fresh food became harder to get people were given powdered food like milk, eggs and potatoes. People also ate margarine for the first time, and then new foods called Spam and Corned beef were eaten. None of these were as healthy as the foods they replaced.
What was it like in the Blitz during 1940?
The appearance of German bombers in the skies over London during the afternoon of September 7, 1940 indicated a planned shift in Hitler’s attempt to subdue Great Britain. The beginning of the Blitz was of September 7, 1940. The Blitz was a period of intense bombing of London and other cities that continued until the following May. For the next 57 days in a row, London was bombed either during the day or at night. Fires consumed many portions of the city. Residents looked for shelter wherever they could find it and many fled to the Underground stations that sheltered as many as 177,000 people during the night. In the worst single incident, 450 were killed when a bomb destroyed a school being used as an air raid shelter. Londoners and the world were introduced to a new weapon of terror and destruction in the arsenal of twentieth century warfare. The Blitz ended on May 11, 1941 when Hitler called off the raids in order to move his bombers east in preparation for Germany’s invasion of Russia.
