Tag: Second World War 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...Records and researchWar behind the wire: The story of allied civilians in occupied Europe during the Second World WarFriday 24 January 2020On 16 January 2018 I wrote an introductory blog on the project to catalogue...Archives and archivistsHow Nazi ‘fake news’ split Allied commanders in 1945Wednesday 15 January 2020Seventy-five years ago this week the Battle of the Ardennes began to draw to...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...Records and researchChocks Away! The life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-ChapmanTuesday 17 September 2019Now approaching the half-way mark in the WO 416 (Second World War British and...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....Archives and archivistsThe ‘Great Crusade’: D-Day, Operation Overlord and the invasion of occupied north-west EuropeThursday 6 June 2019Seventy-five years ago today, the largest air and seaborne invasion force in history crossed... « 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 12 »