Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two

Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two
Penny Starns
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h198 x 129mm - 400pg
11 Apr 2022 UK
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9781800325128
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From May 1940 British parents to move their children to safety abroad to Australia, South Africa,Canada and New Zealand. Over 200,000 applications had been made by the time the scheme closed just four months later, and these 'Seavacs' as they became known had a variety of experiences. After weeks at sea and then a new life thousands of miles away, letters home took up to 12 weeks to reach their destinations and many of these children were totally cut off from their families in the UK. This book reveals in heartbreaking detail the unique experiences of Seavacs, and their surprising influence on international wartime policy, used as they were as an attempt to elicit international sympathy and financial support for the war effort.
Penny Starns has a PhD from the University of Bristol and has lectured in history at Cambridge, London, and Bristol universities. Her new research into overseas evacuees was the subject of a successful BBC Radio 4 program series. She is the author of "Blitz Families: The Children who Stayed Behind," " Odette: World War Two's Darling Spy," and "Surviving Tenko: The Story of Margot Turner."
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781800325128
Published: 11 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canelo
Publisher: Canelo
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 24mm
Pages: 400

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