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#ForgottenFriday – Churchill’s Favourite Spy

#ForgottenFriday – Churchill’s Favourite Spy

Background 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...
#ForgottenFriday – The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

#ForgottenFriday – The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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. First Attack The bomb named ‘Little Boy’ was dropped from the USAFF B29 bomber ‘Enola Gay’ and was exploded at around...
#ForgottenFriday – POW Status throughout History

#ForgottenFriday – POW Status throughout History

This week’s #ForgottenFriday looks at the life of POW before and after the Geneva Convention The convention aimed to codify the status and respected treatment of POWs and laid down rules on the conditions in which prisoners should be captured and interned,...
Notice of Seasonal Closure

Notice of Seasonal Closure

Following our closure last winter for necessary construction works, the museum’s Directors have made the decision to make the winter closure period a permanent change to our opening times. New Airfield and Artillery Gallery at the front of site. From 31st October...