The Children Who Fought Hitler A British Outpost In Europe
by Sue Elliott
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.
HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Underground movementsJuvenile ParticipationMilitary participationJuvenileWar Underground movementsWeltkriegBesetzungPartisanenkriegBritish Memorial School (Ieper, Belgium)World war, 1939-1945, underground movements, belgium