#242 | Operation Pied Piper: The Evacuation of British Cities in World War II
English Learning for Curious Minds
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How Many Children Were Evacuated?
In total, one and a half million people were evacuated over the course of three days at the start of september of 19 39. This doesn't include 70 thousand disabled adults and over a hundred and three thousand teachers and other helpers that also left the cities with the children. The british government tried to send children there as well but they were torpedoed by german submarines. 77 children and over 200 adults tragically drowned during one such crossing. And as a result, the britian government immediately stopped the overseas evacuation scheme,. focusing all its efforts on finding safe places for children within britain's borders.
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