Tag: Second World War Records and researchThe defence and loss of Crete, 1940-1941 (Part 2)Friday 7 August 2020The Germans planned to lead the invasion of Crete with their airborne troops, with...Records and researchThe defence and loss of Crete, 1940-1941 (Part 1)Thursday 6 August 2020In 1940 Britain began to take an interest in using Crete as a military...Archives and archivistsThe Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Great EscapeMonday 29 June 2020The Archivists’ Guide to Film is a blog series in which staff at The...Records and researchDigitising little treasures – Part 1: Egbert Rizzo and the making of an SOE AgentWednesday 24 June 2020As a Project Conservator in the Digitisation Team, I am used to hundreds of...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 researchEscape and evade: Breaking out of Occupied Europe in 1940Friday 12 June 2020Having located a map on a desk of a house in Dieppe, northern France,...Records and researchMiracles and Myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 3: Were the French abandoned at Dunkirk?Thursday 4 June 2020By far the most destructive of all the myths to emerge from the story...Records and researchMiracles and myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 2: The heroism of the Royal NavyTuesday 2 June 2020By 2 June 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)...Records and researchThe Fourth Service: Cataloguing merchant seamen in the Second World WarMonday 1 June 2020To celebrate National Volunteers’ Week, today we focus our attention on the subject of...Records and researchLight in the ‘darkest hour’Thursday 28 May 2020Tuesday 28 May 1940 was one of the most significant days in the course...Records and researchMiracles and myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 1: Where was the RAF?Tuesday 26 May 2020On 10 May 1940, Hitler’s forces suddenly opened their offensive in Western Europe. Attacking... « 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 12 »