Evacuation Collection

Late Evacuees
4th July 1940: Three evacuees from Islington, London, make a dash for the train which will take them to the country, during the Second World War. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

France. Map of the evacuation of the German army and the ceded parts of the country
Illustration of a France. Map of the evacuation of the German army and the ceded parts of the country

Dunkirk Boats
June 1940: A fleet of small motor boats being towed up the Thames after taking part in the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces) Dunkirk rescue. (Photo by Harold Clements/London Express/Getty Images)

Washington evacuation of Boston engraving 1859
illustrated Life of George Washington

Dunkirk map
Antique engraving illustration of a Dunkirk map

Evacuation Of The Wounded
Engraving shows a column of wounded French soldiers as they evacuate a field of battle through a mountain pass during the Crimean War

Dunkirk Fires
Fires raging at Dunkirk, seen from a destroyer, during the evacuation of British troops. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Handy Apple
October 1921: A man on the quayside passes an apple through a porthole to Russian children arriving at Cape Town. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Military Evacuation
April 1922: British military vehicles being hoisted onto the train ferry at the River Liffey, Dublin, during the evacuation of British troops from Ireland

Last To Leave
11th July 1953: Dogs wait to join the inhabitants of the Isle of Soay in the Outer Hebrides, who have been evacuated to new homes on the Isle of Mull. The dogs will be the last to leave the island

French Evacuees
French children evacuated from Paris arrive in Gueret, in central France, during World War II, 1940. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Waiting For The Train
3rd December 1939: Anxious watchers at the barrier of Ipswich railway station waiting for the LNER Evacuation Special train to arrive bringing evacuees to safety from London. (Photo by H. F)

Fleeing Hitler
Refugee children from England arrive in New York during World War II, 18th July 1940. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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