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London 1939

Paul Short and Dan Silverman consider how London prepared for the outbreak of war in 1939

Source B Winston Churchill’s sleeping quarters in the underground bunker at Whitehall

1 Using the information and links in the article, construct a timeline of the activities undertaken to protect civilians before the outbreak of war.

2 Read the following sources about the evacuation on 1 September 1939: www.tinyurl.com/9ayh5fw and www.tinyurl.com/yd29z8ve. Assess the value of personal memoirs such as these for historians investigating a historical event.

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