options: m : in such a crisis situation , why did people go for their christmas ? m : you mean many staffs went home after days of hard work . m : you mean many nurses were injured in the war . m : oh , the soldiers were home for christmas .
article: m : good evening . for today 's program , we have invited sophie , a lady , who worked as a nurse during world war 2 . f : good evening . at the beginning of world war 2 , the government called on all its citizens 18 years old and over to help out . i started training as a nurse in november 1940. it was 2 months of being taught basic skills in the school of nursing . m : what happened to you during the sudden attack , you know when nazi germany dropped bombs on britain ? f : manchester was bombed on the twenty-second and twenty-third of december 1940. on december twenty-forthth , i received an order requesting my immediate return from leave for duties of nursing the wounded . many volunteers in the manchester social services have taken a week 's leave for the christmas holidays . so the manchester city rest centers were short of staff . christmas day was therefore my first day of nursing .