 World War II dramatically changed the lives of Gibraltarians . The decision to enforce mass evacuation in order to increase the strength of the Rock with more military and naval personnel meant that most Gibraltarians ( some for up to ten years ) had nowhere to call ' home ' . Only those civilians with essential jobs were allowed to stay but it gave the entire community a sense of being ' British ' by sharing in the war effort . 
 World War II dramatically changed the lives of Gibraltarians . The decision to enforce mass evacuation in order to increase the strength of the Rock with more military and naval personnel meant that most Gibraltarians ( some for up to ten years ) had nowhere to call ' home ' . Only those civilians with essential jobs <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> allowed to stay but it gave the entire community a sense of being ' British ' by sharing in the war effort . 
World War II dramatically changed the lives of Gibraltarians . The decision to enforce mass evacuation in order to increase the strength of the Rock with more military and naval personnel ment that most Gibraltarians ( sum for up to ten yrs ) had nowhere to call ' home ' . Only those civilians with essential jobs was allowed to stay but it gave the entire community a sense of bein ' British ' by sharing in the war effort .