A poster created by the Ministry of Health in 1940 urges parents to keep their children in the countryside, rather than run the risk of bringing them back to the cities Operation Pied Piper saw ...

Young Pam and Iris Hobbs were just two of the millions of children in England who were evacuated from cities and towns during World War II, in what was dubbed “Operation Pied Piper.” ...

Young Pam and Iris Hobbs were just two of the millions of children in England who were evacuated from cities and towns during World War II, in what was dubbed “Operation Pied Piper.” ...

Docudrama recreating Operation Pied Piper, the name given to the mass evacuation of three million children at the start of World War II. Includes personal stories from evacuees. Show more In the ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Pam Hobbs about the 75th anniversary of Operation Pied Piper. She was one of the children who were evacuated from London during World War II. Seventy-five years ago ...

Evacuating children from vulnerable places was known as Operation Pied Piper - a plan the British government hoped would keep children safe during the conflict. Evacuees often didn't know where ...

AT 11.07am on August 31, 1939, the Government issued the order “Evacuate forthwith”, and Operation Pied Piper swung into action. The following day, 60,000 children were emptied out of Tyneside ...

Pam and Iris Hobbs are just two of the millions of children in England evacuated from cities and towns during World War II, in what was dubbed 'Operation Pied Piper' Nearly 80 years later ...