Britain declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded Poland and refused to withdraw his troops. Thousands of Jewish and other children were evacuated from cities to rural areas for safety, being told it was a holiday, as they would likely end up in concentration camps if they remained. During air raids known as the Blitz, people used bomb shelters like the Anderson shelter, a small corrugated iron structure dug into a hole in the ground, to protect themselves from Hitler's heavy bombing of Britain. They also had to observe blackouts by shutting all curtains and switching off lights at night and use gas masks in case of poison gas attacks.

2. Adolf Hitler was invading
Poland, and Britain gave
him three days to get out.
But Adolf Hitler didn’t go
from Poland. So Britain
declared war!

3. Children had to
move to Britain,
because a lot of
them were Jewish,
and if they didn’t
get evacuated,
they’d go to
concentration
camp.

4. Children from all over the
country had to get onto a
Train, because they had to
Be safe from the war. The
children were convinced it
Was a holiday. The evacuees
Had to be transported to
The country side, and would
Never see their parents again!

5. The black out was when
people had to close all
their curtains, switch off
all their lights. Drivers
couldn’t see, so they
Painted all the lampposts
white. The farmers painted
their cows white.

6. In the Blitz, people had
to use shelters. The
Anderson bomb shelter
was made with corrugated
iron. People would dig a
hole four foot deep, and
build the Anderson shelter
inside the hole.

7. The Blitz was when
Hitler dropped lots
of bombs onto
Britain. People had
use their shelters so
they wouldn’t get
hurt. They also had
to use their gas
masks in case of
poisonous gas.