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#ForgottenFriday – Air Raid Shelters
9th Sept 2022
In 1937, the British government officials predicted that in any future war with Germany, bombing raids on the Home Front would cause large casualties. The German air raids on Britain in the First World War had killed 1,413 people. Prior to the Second World War it was estimated that Germany would bomb Britain immediately after the outbreak of war and continue their assault for 60 days. It was thought that each ton of explosive would kill or wound 50 people, a total of almost two million casualties.
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#ForgottenFriday – VJ Day: The End of World War II
2nd Sept 2022
Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
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#ForgottenFriday – Artefact Donations
26th Aug 2022
In today’s Forgotten Friday, we are looking into some recent donations we have had come into the Collections & Engagement Department.
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#ForgottenFriday – Churchill’s Favourite Spy
19th Aug 2022
Christine Granville was Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent and was said to have been Churchill’s favourite spy. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek in Warsaw, 1908, she joined Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) after Germany invaded her home country in 1939. Her recruiter described her as “a flaming Polish patriot, expert skier and great adventuress” and she used these skills to perform reconnaissance missions in Nazi-occupied Europe. Her achievements earned her a George Medal, OBE, and the favour of the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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#ForgottenFriday – The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
12th Aug 2022
At 8.15am on the morning of 6th August 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon of war.
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