The Special Operations Executive, the French Resistance and D-Day

The Special Operations Executive, the French Resistance and the D-Day landings

Podcast from The National Archives

"This talk looks at the results and effectiveness of the British Special Operations Executive, or SEO, and the French Resistance in supporting the Second World War D-Day landings."

Author: Neil Cobbett
Duration: 1:01:26

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Doomed Soldiers: Polish Armed Underground Resistance During & After WWII

Doomed Soldiers

A non-proft, all-volunteer project dedicated to the preservation of the history of the fallen Democratic Underground Soldiers from the Polish Home Army (AK), Narodowe Sily Zbrojne (NSZ), WiN, ROAK, and other Patriotic Armed Underground organizations who gave their lives fighting Nazi and Communist occupiers during and after II World War.

A fascinating site that continues to develop the historical record but also uses that history in support of "lustration" (the policy of limiting the participation of former communists, and especially informants of the communist secret police in the successor governments or even in civil service positions.). 

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Podcasts of Military History seminars | Institute of Historical Research

Podcasts of Military History seminars | Institute of Historical Research

Military History seminar podcast 2010-04-27

The Waffen-SS - what's left? The present state of research: challenges, sources and approaches
Dr Niels Bo Paulson (Centre for Military History, Royal Danish Defence College)


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Produce For Victory: Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)

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Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45)

"World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present, the poster was an ideal agent for making war aims the personal mission of every citizen. Government agencies, businesses, and private organizations issued an array of poster images linking the military front with the home front—calling upon every American to boost production at work and at home. Visit Web site"

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WWII The People's War: told by The People (BBC)

WWII The People's War: told by The People

"The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. This archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result."

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Fashion or Ration: Hartnell, Amies and Dressing for the Blitz

Fashion or Ration: Hartnell, Amies and Dressing for the Blitz

Podcast from The National Archives

"How did the fashionable woman of the Second World War and post war era manage to remain chic in a climate of rationing? Using sources from The National Archives this talk will consider the fashion industry of the time, and reveal how designers Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies not only contributed to the war effort, but made a lasting impact on British style.

Author: Robert Daoust
Duration: 26:48:00

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The Churchill Era: An Educational Resource

The Churchill Era: An Educational Resource: "The Churchill Era: an educational resource

Welcome to the Churchill Archives Centre education website. Here you can access just a few of the unique holdings of Churchill Archives Centre, and gain insight into some of the great events that shaped the modern world, beginning with the cataclysmic upheaval of World War I and now going on to the build up to World War II. Try out our exercises on the Churchill Era, and discover more about people, places and events in the Glossary section. There is also further information for Teachers.

If you would like to explore our collections further, many of our catalogues are available online, while we also have a useful guide on using original sources.

All materials may be freely copied for use in schools. Most PC users should be able to print material from this website by right-clicking in the separate window containing the extract or illustration.

Although this web-site should have something for anyone with an interest in the history of the last century, it has been chiefly designed with exercises for use by schools in England and Wales, and relates to the GCE history curriculum for A' and AS level. Further information is available on Churchill Archives Centre's Teachers page. For schools in Scotland, please see our separate site at www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/churchill."

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Kindertransport: Britain's Rescue Plan

Kindertransport: Britain's rescue plan

Podcast from The National Archives

"The Wiener Library holds many personal accounts of children evacuated from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia between December 1938 and September 1939. Using individual first-hand accounts sourced from The Wiener Library and documents held at The National Archives, this talk gives insights into how Britain dealt with the refugee children who arrived on the Kindertransports and the difficulties they faced."

Author: Ela Kaczmarska
Duration: 51:56

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The Battle that Frightened Churchill: The War in the Atlantic

The Battle that Frightened Churchill: The War in the Atlantic

Podcast from The National Archives

"On 3 September 1939, the passenger liner Athenia was sunk by U30. So began the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest and most complex campaign of the Second World War. The battle pitted the submariners of the Kriegsmarine against the Allied merchant fleet who were providing Britain's vital life line. This talk follows the changes in fortune of both the Kriegsmarine and the merchant fleet, and explains why Winston Churchill knew that the Battle of the Atlantic was the battle that Britain could not afford to lose."

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Cabinet War Rooms - a virtual tour

Cabinet War Rooms

A virtual tour of the underground offices from where Winston Churchill & the British War Cabinet planned and directed Britain's involvement in the Second World War.

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Here the stories of some of the personnel who worked in the War Rooms (outside THF network).

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The Art of War: British Propaganda, 1939-1945

The Art of War

British Propaganda, 1939-1945

Fascinating and colourful collections of illustrations, propaganda, cartoons, films and art created during the Second World War. An online resource created and hosted by The National Archives.

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Impact of the Second World War (UK)

Impact of the Second World War

1 in 5 people alive today lived through the Second World War. Although the war ended over 60 years ago, it lives on in people’s memories and family histories, in the UK’s rebuilt city centres and ‘new towns’, and in our education, social and health services. Through a mixture of personal stories, reminiscences and previously unseen archive images, objects and film footage, this award-winning online exhibition explores how the war changed the people and the landscape of the UK forever.

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If you have difficulty viewing this exhibition, there is a static version here.

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Media and War: The Battle for Hearts & Minds

Media and War

The battle for hearts and minds. An online exhibition from The Imperial War Museum for teachers and students of Citizenship, History and Media Studies which examines the use of propaganda during the main conflicts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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