As the last days of peace ebbed away in 1939 and the outbreak of the Second World War appeared inevitable, a massive exodus took place in Britain: nearly two million civilians, most of them children, were taken from the cities, industrial towns and ports to the relative safety of the British countryside. For many of these bewildered children this was the first time away from their families or even their home town. But for overseas British nationals evacuated to the mother country from the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, the shock of the upheaval was great indeed. Carrying pitifully few belongings, they had no idea where they were being sent; for many it was the beginning of a great adventure, for some a nightmare.
| Autor: | Brown, Mike |
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| ISBN: | 9780750940450 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | The History Press Ltd |
| Veröffentlicht: | 31.10.2005 |
| Untertitel: | Evacuation in Wartime Britain 1939-1945 |
Mike Brown is an authority on the British Home Front of the Second World War. He is the author of Put That Light Out, and A Child's War. He lives in London.