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Forgotten Friday – The Atlantic Charter
28th Feb 2024
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 had agreed to the defeat of Nazi Germany as a common war aim for their nations to survive and prosper. Germany would be forced to disarm, reform, and submit to an international treaty regime that would forever restrict its power for imperialistic expansion and political coercion through the threat of war.
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Forgotten Friday – Barrage Balloons and the Defence of Britain By Trish Wade
22nd Feb 2024
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 have seen the photographs of the big silver spherical balloons hanging in the sky, this was Balloon Command
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Women in World War II: Breaking Barriers on the Frontlines
2nd Feb 2024
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 work on the home front. Some women worked in combat roles, others worked as mechanics, engineers, and drivers, others served as nurses, others in factories, and others outside of formal military service, in resistance movements in France, Italy, and Poland. The barriers broken by women during the war years paved the way for the gender equality movement that is still ongoing today.
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The Manhattan Project: Birth of the Atomic Age
2nd Feb 2024
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 of the Manhattan Project, the course of history and the nature of warfare were fundamentally and permanently altered. What led to this controversial clandestine project? Read on to learn more about the Manhattan Project and atomic bomb facts.
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Forgotten Friday – It’s A (War) Dogs Life
30th Jan 2024
Eden Camp is a dog friendly attraction and has recently been awarded for its achievement in making dogs and their owners welcome. So to commemorate this we have devoted this Forgotten Friday to the brave ‘Dogs of War’.
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