Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers. When the war ships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares. What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable of - the worst, and the best.
- ISBN10 1627795545
- ISBN13 9781627795548
- Publish Date 1 November 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 April 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English