Tag: Second World War 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...Records and researchArchaeology and the Second World War in IraqFriday 1 March 2019A new law on antiquities was approved in Iraq in 1936. Drafted by Sati...Behind the scenesReading about the Great EscapeTuesday 26 February 2019During the Second World War, more than 100,000 British servicemen were captured by the Germans –...Records and researchSuspect bomb damage claims of the Second World WarThursday 10 January 2019Aubrey Wood of Woodross Estates submitted a claim to the War Damage Commission on...Behind the scenesRead about child evacuees in the Second World WarWednesday 9 January 2019One of my favourite books as a child was ‘The Lion, the Witch and...Records and researchPrisoners of war and the Guinea Pig ClubTuesday 25 September 2018As a volunteer Friend of The National Archives I have been assisting on the...Records and researchSpy or scholar? Meet Dr Curt PrüferMonday 24 September 2018During the First World War, British Intelligence made good use of scholars – notably archaeologists and... « 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 13 »