Leave This to Us Sonny, 1939-1945

ID: 427 ~ Source: "[Leave This to Us Sonny, 1939-1945.]" Image. From Imperial War Museums. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/5694 (accessed July 11, 2018). ~ Creator: Ministry of Health ~ Date: 1939-1945
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The British government created posters to encourage parents to send their children to rural locations outside of London considered to be safe. The first wave of evacuations began on September 1, 1939, and consisted of children and mothers with infants. Within three days, 1.5 million evacuees sought shelter in the countryside.

This file appears in: A World at War

By Alan Davies
"Well, I do remember hearing the radio broadcast because the very next day my father, who could rent his cab—he had to pay the owner of the cab, but he could rent it himself—he took us away into the country, right away. Because the government…