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#242 | Operation Pied Piper: The Evacuation of British Cities in World War II
Description
In September 1939, the British government embarked on the biggest civilian operation in British history when it moved over a million children out of British cities to live with strangers in the countryside.
In this episode, we'll learn about this amazing mission and the mark it left on the country.
- September 1st, 1939 - the start of Operation Pied Piper
- Why children were sent away before the first bomb had even fallen
- Which cities were affected by evacuation?
- Dividing the country into three separate zones for evacuation
- Why it was called Operation Pied Piper
- Who was actually evacuated?
- Sending gold to Canada and paintings to Wales
- How the children were chosen to stay with host families
- How urban children reacted to countryside life
- Why the children returned after a few months of "the phoney war"
- Government propaganda: "Don't Do It, Mother. Leave the Children Where They Are"
- The Blitz starts and the children return to the countryside
- The mixed reaction of the evacuated children
- Psychological effects on evacuated children
- The mark Operation Pied Piper left on the country
Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/operation-pied-piper
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