by Summer Obrien | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – The Atlantic Charter Even before the US became an official belligerent in WWII, President Roosevelt worried about the common war aims of the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. By covenant and inference Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin... by Summer Obrien | Feb 22, 2024 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – Barrage Balloons and the Defence of Britain By Trish Wade During World War Two Fighter and Bomber Command were the most well-known Royal Air force Sections, however, there was another Command which many people are not aware of, although many... by Summer Obrien | Feb 15, 2024 | News
Hidden In Plain Sight By Trish Wade This year is the 80th anniversary of ‘The Great Escape’ when Prisoners of War from Stalag Luft III planned and carried out an audacious escape, tunnelling out of the POW Camp. It was a bold and daring plan which came...
by edencamp | Feb 2, 2024 | Blog
The Manhattan Project In 1945, with the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States ushered in a frightening new Atomic Age. Without the Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb may not have come into being. Because...
by edencamp | Feb 2, 2024 | Blog
Women’s Role in World War 2 With thousands of men away serving on the front lines of World War II, it fell to women to take on roles that challenged traditional gender norms. Across the globe, women took on a wide variety of roles, including war work and important...