Evacuees
Mawson, Gillian2014
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On the outbreak of the Second World War, during the first week of September 1939 over three million people were evacuated. Operation Pied Piper was the largest ever transportation of people across Britain, and most of those moved to safety in the countryside were schoolchildren. Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees and this book includes the personal memories of over 100, in their own words. Their accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years.
Main title:
Evacuees / Gillian Mawson.
Author:
Mawson, Gillian, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword, 2014.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781783831531 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.531
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Pictorial worksWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Great Britain -- Pictorial worksWarfare and Defence
BRN:
3847827
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