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What was it like to be an evacuee? Remember that not everyone had a positive experience. The children were evacuated from a war torn London where they were being bomb, to a country place where they hope would be safer. For some of the poor children it would have been a good experience. They would have found themselves being fed better, living in better homes and having more freedom and things than they did when they were at home. For the rich children it would have been a nightmare. They would have found themselves doing work in the fields when they were used to nothing like it, Bathing in tin baths in front of everyone, using toilets outside etc. Also most of the local people were mean to the evacuees saying horrible things about them and treating them differently than everyone else.

What was the diet of people like during the war? There was rationing and people had to make the best of what was available. The people during war were giving food coupon books. If you bought some flour then you would have to hand in one of your coupons. This was so people could not just buy all the food and have non for everyone else, because there wasn’t much food. Some foods were not on the ration coupons so people could buy as many as they liked. For the vegetarians it was much harder. They had to buy lentils, vegetables, bake beans etc and a lot of these foods were in the ration coupons so it was harder for the vegetarians. The types of food around then were, a lot of fruit and vegetables, beans and lentils, meat, flour, bread (mostly brown), pies and cakes etc.

What was it like during the Blitz in 1940? The blitz is heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain in 1940 and 1941. This was called The Blitz. London was bombed ever day and night, except one, for 11 weeks! Life was very hard during the Blitz and frightening too. London, was very bad because it was bombed nearly every night. People spent most nights sleeping in Air Raid Shelters . It was really hard to move around at night time because of The Blackout and the problems it causes. Families were separated with children because they were being evacuated to safer places. Also food and clothing were rationed and hard to get hold of because of shops being bombed.

The RUF launched its first campaign into eastern Kailahun (Sierra Leone) from Liberia in March 1991. Sankoh was head of the military wing of the RUF that included in its ranks NPFL members and Burkinabes. According to Sierra Leonean writer Abdul Koroma, the rebels were very fast to demonstrate their brutality, decapitating community leaders and putting their heads on stakes. Oxford University researcher Paul Richards says that the Burkinabes did attempt some politicisation, but most of the lectures to villagers were spoken in French. Forced recruitment of children was also an early feature of rebel strategy. The intellectuals in the RUF opposed the methods being used, but within the first year of the rebellion, they had been eliminated in internal purges as Sankoh took over the movement. Among the victims were Kanu and Mansaray. The rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has displayed a staggering capacity for brutality. In May 2000, the RUF overturned a fragile peace process and plunged the country back into war. Sankoh was captured on 17 May 2000, but this has not kept the RUF from continuing their fight and terror actions. It is well documented that the RUF is using terror tactics such as mass rape, torture and mutilation of civilians, abduction of children to become child soldiers or sex slaves and massive intimidation.