Tag: Second World War 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...Records and researchVital words of hope, 26 May 1940Tuesday 26 May 2020In his diary Neville Chamberlain described Sunday 26 May 1940 as ‘the blackest day...Records and researchEvery little helps: The history of the National Savings movementMonday 11 May 2020Most of us probably try to save some of our hard-earned money if we...Records and research10 May 1940: A day to rememberSaturday 9 May 2020Friday 10 May 1940 was surely one of the most dramatic days in modern...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 researchWhy was Mrs Churchill in Moscow on VE Day?Thursday 7 May 2020Seventy-five years on, as we reflect on images of Britain’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill,...Records and researchProject WO 416: Private enterpriseTuesday 24 March 2020The night of 24-25 March 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the real Great Escape... « 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 13 »