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Forgotten Friday – 1st September 1939

 Forgotten Friday –  1st September 1939 This forgotten Friday we are delving into the start of the Second World War – The war began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939 and raged across the whole globe until 1945. Germany invaded Poland to...

Forgotten Friday – The Battle of Amiens

Forgotten Friday – Battle of Ameins Battle of Amiens, (8th – 11th August, 1918), was a World War One battle that marked the beginning of what came to be known as the “hundred days,” a string of Allied offensive successes on the Western Front that led to the collapse...

Forgotten Friday – The arrest of Anne Frank

Forgotten Friday – The arrest of Anne Frank. 79 years ago today, on 4 August 1944, Anne Frank and the other people in hiding were discovered and arrested. In this reconstruction, you will learn what we know about this day, when what they had feared for so long finally...
Forgotten Friday – 70 years later.. The Korean War

Forgotten Friday – 70 years later.. The Korean War

#ForgottenFriday – The Korean War, 70 Years on! The Korean War started on 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953, after the signing of an armistice agreeing that the country would remain divided. World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an...

Forgotten Friday – POWs Pass Go For Free….

POWs Pass Go For Free.. Monopoly the game.. In America in the early 1900s, Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord’s Game to teach people about land ownership and the risks that came with it.  The game was self-published and only a few people bought it.  One...