'For some of us it was just a great adventure - something we had to do because all the grownups said we had to do it. We weren't all frightened or fearful -- in fact for many of us it was a bit of a holiday. But for some it was a traumatic and horrible experience, especially when being lined up in a strange school hall and 'chosen' like you were a piece of second-hand baggage.'
This collection includes personal accounts from some of those who took part in the mass evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo, that exemplify the 'Dunkirk spirit' and documents showing the government's control over which stories reached the airwaves
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This collection includes personal accounts from some of those who took part in the mass evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo, that exemplify the 'Dunkirk spirit' and documents showing the government's control over which stories reached the airwaves.
After a five-month battle which claimed almost two million lives, Soviet troops reclaimed the strategic city of Stalingrad as German resistance collapsed.
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After a five-month battle which claimed almost two million lives, Soviet troops reclaimed the strategic city of Stalingrad as German resistance collapsed.
Amateur home movie. Whitstable and Herne Bay, Kent. Shots of the Canterbury - Whitstable railway (which was closed in 1953). Steam engines and rail buildings...
The incredible map reveals the locations of every bomb dropped during the entire war, and also allows users to see the exact areas hit during the first night of the Blitz when German planes bombarded London with bombs.
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Daily Mail online, I admit, but it is a very good, clickable map of the London Blitz.
British Pathe, the world's leading multimedia resource with a history stretching back over a century. The finest and most comprehensive archive of fabulous footage and stunning stills.
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Clearing up Canterbury after a bombing raid in 1940, probably September.
Just after midnight on 1 June 1942 German bombers attacked Canterbury, dropping about 10,000 incendiary bombs. Here is the page of the Canterbury Heritage Museum.
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