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EPISODE · Aug 2, 2025 · 33 MIN

WW2 evacuees: everything you wanted to know

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Imagine being torn from your home and sent to live with strangers... well that was exactly what happened for many in the Second World War. To escape the threat of bombing in British cities, thousands of people were transported to the countryside – and they weren't just children. In this everything you wanted to know episode, historian Joshua Levine joins Lauren Good to revisit the experiences of evacuees – including his own father. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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