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#ForgottenFriday – Shell Shock

#ForgottenFriday – Shell Shock

This week’s Forgotten Friday looks at the history of Shell Shock during the First World War to help raise awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in time for National PTSD Awareness Day on the 27th June 2022. What was Shell Shock?The First World War ended with the...
#Forgotten Friday – The Real Dad’s Army

#Forgotten Friday – The Real Dad’s Army

This #ForgottenFriday, just in time for Father’s Day, we’re exploring The Home Guard – the real ‘Dad’s Army’ of WW2 The Home Guard, originally known as the ‘Local Defence Volunteers’, was set up in May 1940 as Britain’s ‘last line...
#ForgottenFriday – Eisenhower’s Unsent Message

#ForgottenFriday – Eisenhower’s Unsent Message

Learn of the #Forgotten Letter from Eisenhower over the Day Landings! Despite his confidence about the cross-Channel attack on 6th June 1944 – Operation Overlord – General D Wight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, remained concerned...
#ForgottenFriday – Resistance

#ForgottenFriday – Resistance

This week’s #ForgottenFriday explores ways German citizens resisted Nazi rule. Disclaimer: This article features graphic descriptions of execution. May marks 89 years since the mass burning of anti-Nazi books throughout Germany. Enthusiastic crowds witnessed the...
#ForgottenFriday – The Tunneller’s Trolley

#ForgottenFriday – The Tunneller’s Trolley

In today’s #ForgottenFriday, we are looking into the story of the Tunneller’s Trolley; how did they try to escape and was it successful? Perhaps the two best-known escapes by prisoners of war during the Second World War were from Stalag Luft III. The camp was in...