S01 - E11: Evacuated to Wales
Imagine you're six and a half years old in the Second World War and sent away by your parents because the bombs falling from the sky might destroy your home. After a long train journey, you sit in a hall hoping one of the people with strange accents will choose to look after you. In this episode, Eric recalls clearly when that happened to him and how he felt.</div>
S01 - E10: Churchill and the Welsh Miners
With fears that Hitler might invade the UK from France through Folkestone, Eric and his sister were re-evacuated to Wales. But the "London Government" had history with the Welsh miners from the time Churchill sent soldiers to help police a strike years before. As Eric explains, they had not forgotten.
S01 - E09: Dunkirk: Britain Retreats from France
When Hitler invaded France the British forces there to help defend the borders were evacuated through the port of Dunkirk and nearby beaches to ports across the channel, including Folkestone, where Eric had first been sent to escape the bombing of London.
S01 - E08: Hitler Invades France
Eric explains that British war planners were correct to think that Hitler's forces might not be held back by the French Maginot Line. He had been evacuated to Folkestone on the South Coast at five years old to escape the the bombing of London, but with Hitler's successful Blitzkrieg strategy sweeping through Europe, it was feared the UK would itself be invaded.
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