The government evacuated children from Britain's major cities to safer areas of the country in response to a new style of warfare that emerged from the First World War, a due to the use of airplanes. Planes began targeting industrial areas in an attempt to damage a country's economy, and thus damage its frontline capacity and morale. However, accuracy was poor and so bombs often fell off target and injured civilians working or living in industrial areas. The government decided that children needed to be protected as they represented the next generation and fewer child deaths meant higher morale for the British people. Bombs were less likely to fall on rural areas of Britain and so the government decided to evacuate people who could not contribute to the war effort to homes and families in the countryside. Evacuation occurred when children, expectant mothers, frail elderly people, the disabled and the chronically ill were moved to safer areas of the country in anticipation of the bombing, but not all of these people moved. The plan for the evacuation was drawn up by the Anderson Committee in the summer of 1938. An advice leaflet produced by the Office of the Lord Privy Seal in July 1939 advised all those whose presence could not be of assistance to relocate. Although the evacuation was voluntary, the government produced many leaflets, radio programs and other propaganda to try to convince people to go. They invested a lot of time, effort and money into producing propaganda. The evacuation was nicknamed 'Operation Pied Piper' (referring to the children's story) and initially took place on 1 September 1939, however the Anderson Committee overestimated the number of people who would leave, at one and a quarter million people... .. middle of paper...... evacuating children meant that if there were fewer children in hospitals, adults would be treated more quickly and could return to help in the war effort. The government didn't want injured or sick children blocking an already crowded hospital. Some people question whether it was worth evacuating the children, due to the overestimation of the number of deaths. The government thought that 3 to 4 million people would die during World War II, but in reality only about 600,000 died and only 65,000 died from the bombing of Britain. Some people question whether it was worth the suffering that some children had to endure during the evacuation, however in my opinion the plan clearly saved lives and so I believe it was worth it, despite the trauma suffered by many displaced people . The government's actions at the time were done with the best of intentions.