World War Two child evacuees in Britain
The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs
Witness History · BBC World Service
September 19, 202210m 23s
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Show Notes
The 1 September 1939 was Kitty Baxter’s ninth birthday, it was also the day her life and millions of other people’s changed with the beginning of World War Two.
Kitty was among the hundreds of thousands of children taken out of UK cities and into the countryside, away from the risk of German bombs.
She’s been speaking to Laura Jones.
(Photo: child evacuees leaving a London train station. Credit: Getty Images)