The Battle of Britain (1940) that lasted throughout the summer of 1940 led to the waves of German bombers escorted by fighter aircrafts. From 1940, the Luftwaffe (German air force) changed tactics. Instead of attacking the Royal Air Force (RAF) the Luftwaffe began to bomb London and other cities. A similar kind intense bombing campaign against Germany was carried out by the Allied to demorlise the German population. So, the governments had to introduce extensive measures to defend the country from attacks and to keep popular support. The two major policy developed were ‘Evacuation’ and ‘Blackout’.’Evacuation’ was developed to protect vulnerable citizens by moving them away from the cities that were likely to be bombed. The ‘Blackout’ was to
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In order to persuade people for evacuation scheme and blackout the government in both these countries carried out propaganda through posters, leaflets, prints films and documentaries. This chapter looks at the poster propaganda adopted by Britain and Germany and attempts to compare the two countries. This aspect of propaganda is not included in the above mentioned definition of propaganda nor does it find place in Micheal Balfour’s Propaganda in War 1939-1945 Organisations, Policies and Publics in Britain and Germany one of the magnum opus on the propaganda during the Second World War. A comparative analysis is scanty in the writings on Evacuation and Blackout since most of them are confined to single …show more content…
Even during the beginning of the war parents were indifferent to it. Only 49 percent of London’s children were evacuated and the proportion in other cities it was even less. There were several reasons provided in the official records for the failure of evacuation scheme. The absence of air-raids was primarily the major reason. Secondly it was not executed properly as it was devised by a small group of executives who were not aware of the actual situation. The teachers, the social workers, the settlement officers were not contacted. It affected the normal life of the evacuees a great deal and also their education. The poor execution of evacuation was evident in the various evacuation zones. The absence of staff to execute the scheme was visible. Only those traveling teachers who went around gathering children into twos and threes and taught them something at home were available. The schools were working in shifts as the infrastructure needed for such scheme was not available despite utilizing the available public spaces such as church halls and vacant houses. The lack of proper infrastructure was doubled with the lack of equipments and books. The billets job was extremely difficult as people were not happy to have an unwelcome guest at their house for an indefinite period. A number of children were not happily billeted and even the education facilities were not appropriate which
In order to persuade people for evacuation scheme and blackout the government in both these countries carried out propaganda through posters, leaflets, prints films and documentaries. This chapter looks at the poster propaganda adopted by Britain and Germany and attempts to compare the two countries. This aspect of propaganda is not included in the above mentioned definition of propaganda nor does it find place in Micheal Balfour’s Propaganda in War 1939-1945 Organisations, Policies and Publics in Britain and Germany one of the magnum opus on the propaganda during the Second World War. A comparative analysis is scanty in the writings on Evacuation and Blackout since most of them are confined to single …show more content…
Even during the beginning of the war parents were indifferent to it. Only 49 percent of London’s children were evacuated and the proportion in other cities it was even less. There were several reasons provided in the official records for the failure of evacuation scheme. The absence of air-raids was primarily the major reason. Secondly it was not executed properly as it was devised by a small group of executives who were not aware of the actual situation. The teachers, the social workers, the settlement officers were not contacted. It affected the normal life of the evacuees a great deal and also their education. The poor execution of evacuation was evident in the various evacuation zones. The absence of staff to execute the scheme was visible. Only those traveling teachers who went around gathering children into twos and threes and taught them something at home were available. The schools were working in shifts as the infrastructure needed for such scheme was not available despite utilizing the available public spaces such as church halls and vacant houses. The lack of proper infrastructure was doubled with the lack of equipments and books. The billets job was extremely difficult as people were not happy to have an unwelcome guest at their house for an indefinite period. A number of children were not happily billeted and even the education facilities were not appropriate which