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Oceans apart stories of overseas evacuees in World War 2

'Oceans Apart' reveals in heartbreaking detail the unique experiences of overseas evacuees 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.

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  • "Stories of overseas evacuees in World War 2"@en
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  • "'Oceans Apart' reveals in heartbreaking detail the unique experiences of overseas evacuees 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."@en
  • "From May 1940 many British parents moved 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 Seavascs, and their surprising in."@en

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