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 – National Tea Day!

#NationalTeaDay Forgotten Friday – Keep Calm & Brew Up In this week’s #ForgottenFriday we are delving into a Cuppa’ Tea and learning about how tea was rationed during the war! One example captures how deeply tea drinking was embedded in the fabric of British...

#ForgottenFriday – Total War!

On 13th January 1943, Adolf Hitler declared “Total War” against the Allies. But what is total war? It means that the contenders are ready to make any sacrifice — life or resources — to win the war. But the German Army officially took the stance a little...

#ForgottenFriday – ASDIC

ASDIC is said by some to stand for Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee A Cover Up! It was a cover name for highly secret work by the Anti-Submarine Division of the British Admiralty during the First World War that aimed to improve the techniques for...