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Guernsey Evacuees
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Gillian Mawson
Categories: World War, 1939-1945
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The Channel Islands were
Britain's Wartime Evacuees
Language: en
Pages: 339
Authors: Gillian Mawson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers

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With the declaration of war in September 1939, the Government Evacuation Scheme was implemented, in which almost one and a half million civilians, mostly childr
When the Children Came Home
Language: en
Pages: 405
Authors: Julie Summers
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-03 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during WWII and the families they left behind On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied
Churchill's Children
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: John Welshman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Based on the stories of thirteen children and adults, Churchill's Children tells the often moving story of the evacuation of schoolchildren in Britain during th
Out of Harm's Way
Language: en
Pages: 381
Authors: Jessica Mann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-08 - Publisher: Headline

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In June 1940 Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their child