|
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Children's War: The Second World War Through the Eyes of the Children of Britain by Juliet Gardiner |
by Stewart Ross
|
by Phil Robins
|
![Children of War: The Evacuees [DVD] [2005] [US Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Dl32sdsuL._SL500_SS90_.jpg)
DVD ~ Artist Not Provided
|
by Ben Wicks
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links(What is this?) |
Product Description
Product Description
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. Mike Brown combines factual narrative with contemporary eyewitness accounts and oral history extracts to create a popular look at the phenomenon of evacuation in Britain during the Second World War. Illustrated with a variety of contemporary photographs and ephemera, Evacuees provides a fascinating, amusing and sometimes disturbing glimpse of how children and adults coped with the trials and tribulations of evacuation. It will appeal to anyone who is interested in reading about life on the Home Front during the Second World War, and especially to anyone who was an evacuee.
About the Author
MIKE BROWN is an authority on the British Home Front of the Second World War. Mike has written Put That Light Out, and A Child's War, all for Sutton Publishing. He lives in London.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
57% buy the item featured on this page: Evacuees: Evacuation in Wartime Britain 1939-1945£6.69 |
 |
12% buy The Children's War: The Second World War Through the Eyes of the Children of Britain £13.49 |
 |
10% buy Out of Harm's Way: The Wartime Evacuation of Children from Britain |
 |
10% buy Evacuation (At Home in World War II)£4.98 |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
 |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > History > Britain & Ireland > English Civil War
- Books > History > Europe
- Books > History > Military History > Wars, Battles & Campaigns
- Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Battles & Campaigns
- Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Countries > Europe
- Books > History > World History > World War II 1939-1945 > Origins
- Books > Home & Garden > Animal Care & Pets
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. |
