Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, unleashing World War II. In retaliation, the British government declared war on Germany—then promptly launched Operation Pied Piper, the largest organized mass movement of people in history at the time. Its goal: to relocate 3.5 million Britons, nearly half of them children, from the nation’s largest cities to the relative safety of the countryside. … Back to Article
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