Tag: Blitz Records and researchFor outstanding bravery: Civilian honours in the Second World WarTuesday 26 September 2023How courageous civilians were recognised for outstanding acts of bravery during The Second World...Archives and archivistsRewarding gallantry on the Home Front: Civilian honours in the Second World WarThursday 25 November 2021To coincide with Catalogue Week at The National Archives, I would like to share...Behind the scenesThe outbreak of the Second World War in 1939Friday 23 August 2019Shortly before 05:00 on Friday 1 September 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier....Behind the scenesRead about child evacuees in the Second World WarWednesday 9 January 2019One of my favourite books as a child was ‘The Lion, the Witch and...Behind the scenesThe Home GuardTuesday 17 July 2018In June 1940, following a scrambled evacuation of troops at Dunkirk, the Second World...Records and researchCoventry ‘Can Take It’: surviving the BlitzFriday 13 November 2015Shortly before the bombing raid on Coventry in October 1940, the film London Can...Records and researchThe beginning of the London BlitzMonday 7 September 2015Air raids were one of the main strategies employed during the Second World War...Records and researchThe bombing of the Café de ParisFriday 8 March 2013Seventy-two years ago, on Saturday 8 March 1941, the Café de Paris, a London...Records and research‘Come, friendly bombs’Thursday 13 December 2012The title of today’s blog post comes from the first stanza of the poem...Records and researchWatching the skies and taking coverThursday 7 June 2012Sometimes, when searching through the catalogue (inevitably for other things), files leap out that...