This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11.00 a.m. that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. |
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In 1939 Britain was plunged into a war with Germany and its allied forces, all over the country millions were forced to ration food, give up their children to keep them safe and deal with the daunting prospect of bombs and bereavement.
The county of Devon became home to thousands of children escaping the bombs, an iconic disaster on its own beaches and one of many central points for the home front and the communities fight for the war in their own efforts...