Tag: Churchill Records and researchW E B Du Bois: Letter to LondonThursday 29 October 2020In May 1921 W E B Du Bois wrote to Winston Churchill, then Secretary...Records and research‘France has lost a battle! But France hasn’t lost the war!’Monday 22 June 202080 years ago, on 18 June 1940, powerful words were pronounced on the BBC,...Records and researchThe displacement of Poles and their subsequent resettlement in the United Kingdom, 1939-1949Wednesday 17 June 2020A plethora of information exists in our collections on Poland and the plight of...Records and research‘Decided to cancel at last minute to save snarl from Uncle Joe’: How VE Day became VE DayFriday 8 May 2020Friday 8 May marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day –...Records and researchThe PQ 17 disaster and the first Churchill-Stalin summitThursday 19 December 2019At 17:00 on Wednesday 12 August 1942, a B-24 Liberator codenamed ‘Commando’ touched down...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....