Tag: Second World War Records and researchForgotten victims of war: Black merchant seamen interned in the Second World WarFriday 29 October 2021To mark the end of Black History Month I would like to share with...Records and researchThe Hoefle Telegram in the new Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War MuseumMonday 25 October 2021After almost six years in the making, Imperial War Museums (IWM) London opened new...Records and researchThe Free Thai Movement and the SOEMonday 16 August 2021Siam (present day Thailand) was one of the first countries in South East Asia...Records and researchThe food here is terrible: Accounts of Merchant Seamen interned in the Second World WarSunday 6 June 2021The series BT 373 Merchant Seamen Prisoner of War Records, Second World War, comprises...Records and researchThe extraordinary life of Douglas BaderSunday 21 February 2021Born 111 years ago today, Douglas Bader would grow up to be a Royal...Records and research‘Brown Babies’: The children born to black GI and white British women during the Second World WarMonday 4 January 2021In January 1942, after the US had entered the war, a large number of...Records and research‘Many adventures!’ British archivists in Italy during the Second World WarThursday 12 November 2020You may have heard of, or seen, George Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’ film. It...Records and researchEscape from ColditzTuesday 29 September 2020The location of Colditz Castle, situated on a steep conical hill above the River...Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of...Records and researchThe British sailor murdered at Bergen-Belsen: The 75th anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen TrialsFriday 18 September 2020At 22:00 on the evening of 7 April 1945, an Austrian Jew named Rolf...Records and researchTurning points in the Battle of Britain: The report of RAF Air Vice-Marshal Keith ParkTuesday 15 September 2020On the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, it is important to ask...Records and researchSoviet-Japan and the termination of the Second World WarWednesday 2 September 202075 years ago today, in the morning of Sunday 2 September 1945, the Japanese... « 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 13 »