by Luke Hudman | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
The vital addition to the Home Front that saved thousands! Learning from the Past 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...
by Luke Hudman | Sep 2, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
#ForgottenFriday – VJ Day: Victory Over Japan 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. The term has been applied to both...
by Luke Hudman | Aug 26, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
In today’s Forgotten Friday, we are looking into some recent donations we have had come into the Collections & Engagement Department. We were donated many fantastic artefacts this week, including an original Victorian ‘Improved Patent Magneto-Electric...
by Luke Hudman | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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...
by Luke Hudman | Aug 12, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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...
by Luke Hudman | Jul 29, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
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,...
