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The Children Who Fought Hitler A British Outpost In Europe

by Sue Elliott

HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsJuvenile ParticipationMilitary participationJuvenileWar Underground movementsWeltkrieg

Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the WWII. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials and cemeteries of Flanders Fields . When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened.

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