Complex sentence: During the Second World War the War Department intended to readopt the ROD 2-8-0 and several were requisitioned but later adopted the more modern LMS Stanier Class 8F instead.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Second World War the War Department intended to readopt the ROD 2-8-0 and several were requisitioned. However, the WD later adopted the more modern LMS Stanier Class 8F instead.