#242 | Operation Pied Piper: The Evacuation of British Cities in World War II
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Returning to Your Parents After World War Two
Over three and a half million children were evacuated from british cities during world war two. That's almost ten % of the entire population. The end of the war in europe brought an end to the mass evacuation scheme, and children started to return home. But it certainly wasn't joyous for everyone. For many children, they returned to find that they had no father, no mother, or no father and mother. One boy returning from canada was horrified that his mother wore make up, smoked and drank. And some children went back to a family who no longer wanted them. Some parents were so used to not having kids around that it was an added responsibility and financial burden when
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