Evacuees: Growing Up in Wartime Britain

by Geoffrey Lee Williams

In 1939, at the age of nine Geoffrey Lee Williams and his twin brother Alan felt ready for the war but were not ready for its consequences. The government had long planned the mass evacuation of children, under the code-name 'Pied Piper', but the details were kept secret from local authorities and the population at large. The first wave left British cities on 1 September 1939 and by 3 September, a few hours before war was officially declared, it is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445613344
• ISBN13: 9781445613345
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.7"