OPERATION PIED PIPER WWII was declared on September 1st 1939, and by the end of that month over 800,000 London school children had been evacuated to the countryside ahead of the expected German bombardment. Planning for Operation Pied Piper, as it was known, began years earlier. The bombing casualties sustained during WWI had frightened the …
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Published on December 02, 2017 17:26