Churchill's children : the evacuee experience in wartime Britain /

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Based on the stories of 13 children and adults, 'Churchill's children' tells the often moving story of the evacuation of school children in Britain during the Second World War, from the perspective of the children themselves as well as the many adults who were caught up in this massiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Welshman, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Ã2010.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Enfants > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Evacuation of civilians
Children
Social aspects
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a child's war
  • Evacuation : just another word
  • Operation Pied Piper
  • The railway children
  • Living out of a suitcase
  • The official response
  • A winter on welfare
  • City and countryside
  • Spitfire summer
  • Victims or vandals?
  • One year on
  • The long haul
  • Reconstruction
  • Going home
  • Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

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