by Summer Obrien | Jul 6, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Forgotten Friday – Chocolate in WW2 #WorldChocolateDay Chocolate played a small but important part in the Allied Victory in WWII, this including the D-Day Landings. Britain became a carrier for almost 3 million American troops who passed through our... by Summer Obrien | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Forgotten Friday – Churchill’s Cigar Many photographs of Churchill depict him with a cigar either in his mouth or his hand. There is even one of him at the control of the aircraft that flew him home from Washington in January 1942, with a large cigar jutting out into... by Summer Obrien | Jun 15, 2023 | Forgotten Friday, News
#ForgottenFriday – The Kriegie Edition This wartime publication was extremely famous, it was created by a man named Richard Pape who was from Leeds. He was imprisoned by the Germans, and placed in camp Staglag Luft VI. To try motivating his fellow prisoners, who... by Summer Obrien | Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Embroidered Silk Postcards During World War One, a popular souvenir amongst British soldiers was the embroidered silk postcard. As they were quite an expensive souvenir, a lot of postcards were unwritten and unmarked and sent home with accompanying letters to... by Summer Obrien | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
The Kidnap of Heinrich Kreipe – By Trish Wade During the German/Italian occupation of the Greek island of Crete an audacious plan was hatched to kidnap a German general. This was to be carried out by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and local... by Summer Obrien | May 24, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Forgotten Friday – Dunkirk Evacuation In today’s Forgotten Friday, we are studying the Evacuation of Dunkirk. Operation Dynamo, also known as the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of...
