Operation Pied Piper Research Paper
Operation Pied Piper started september 1st 1939 to June 1945. The operation officially ended in 1946. This action was planned in 1938. The objective was to secure children in the countryside from the air raids threatening to commence. The Luftwaffe was approaching from East and the West forming what eventually became the Battle of Britain. The main area being evacuated was the main city of the United Kingdom, London. Children evacuated will not see their parents for long stretches of time. The only fortunate thing that ceased a troop and armored vehicle invasion that would burn the city to rubble was the English Channel. Hitler’s tactics would be to weaken the RAF (Royal Air Force) and the Royal Navy and to send ships to aid the attack and to take the UK, however Hitler's tactics to take Britain did not succeed leading to the defeat of the Luftwaffe in Britain. This was the turning point as Hitler's fighting force started to be pushed out of france and Denmark and leading to fighting in their homeland. Before this happened however, the German army was pushing it’s way through europe and dominating most of europe. Children in Britain were
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The bombings were horrific but, the RAF did all they could to fight the Luftwaffe out of their homeland. Eventually, the outnumbered British Air Force pushed the Nazis out of the UK and the threat of German bombings was over. As children were put in trains to be taken back to their family, all the children would have this in their minds forever. There were many casualties on both sides. Many children had no parents. Those that survived with a family still had their memories stained by the wreckage of the place once home. Many children’s families after the bombings were homeless. Their homes were bombed and all left of them were
The bombings were horrific but, the RAF did all they could to fight the Luftwaffe out of their homeland. Eventually, the outnumbered British Air Force pushed the Nazis out of the UK and the threat of German bombings was over. As children were put in trains to be taken back to their family, all the children would have this in their minds forever. There were many casualties on both sides. Many children had no parents. Those that survived with a family still had their memories stained by the wreckage of the place once home. Many children’s families after the bombings were homeless. Their homes were bombed and all left of them were