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Visit Churchill War Rooms - Plan Your Visit - Imperial War Museums
14 November. 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Join historians Allen Packwood and Kevin Ruane and explore Winston Churchill’s relationship with science and technology. Born 150 years ago in 1874, Churchill witnessed huge technological advances in the first half of the 20th century. From jet aircraft taking to the skies and the dawning of the nuclear age, the ...
Churchill War Rooms: Book Tickets Online - IWM
Members get free entry. Support IWM by becoming a member. Members enjoy free admission to our charging branches including Churchill War Rooms, IWM Duxford and HMS Belfast. Find out more. Churchill War Rooms - Book Tickets Online. Adults from £25. Free Admission for members & Under Fives. One of London’s must-see attractions.
Visit IWM Duxford - Plan Your Visit | Imperial War Museums
Visit Imperial War Museum Duxford for a huge day out. See Spitfires take to the skies from the airfield where they first flew, get up close to gigantic aircraft and walk in the footsteps of the men and women who served here.
Operation Postmaster: The Most Daring Mission Of World War 2
Operation Postmaster was a complex top-secret mission during the Second World War involving deception and espionage on a level never before seen in 20th century warfare.. The British operation was the first to involve a special forces organisation formed by newly-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill.While the rewards for a successful mission were great, the …
What You Need to Know About The Troubles - Imperial War …
The Troubles is a term used to describe a period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years, from the late 1960s until the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. However, the origins of the Troubles can be traced back hundreds of years. The Plantation of Ulster at the beginning of the 17th century settled Protestants from lowland ...
Concentration Camp Survivors Share Their Stories - Imperial War …
The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War.The Nazis also enslaved and killed other groups who they perceived as racially, biologically or ideologically inferior or dangerous. Jews, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Poles, Slavs, Soviet prisoners of war, people with disabilities, political opponents, …
IWM Collections - Imperial War Museums
IWM’s collection covers all aspects of conflict involving Britain, its former Empire and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. As well as objects, it includes a range of media, from art, film and photographs to printed materials, documents and sound. Explore over 1 million items from IWM's collections that tell the ...
Lee Miller's Second World War - Imperial War Museums
Lee Miller was an American photographer who worked for British Vogue during the Second World War. She started working as a model, but was eager to move behind the camera. On the outbreak of war in 1939, Miller offered to work as a photographer for Vogue – an offer that was initially rejected. Instead, she was taken on as a studio assistant.
Letters To Loved Ones In The First World War - Imperial War …
During the First World War, letter writing was the main form of communication between soldiers and their loved ones, helping to ease the pain of separation.. The British Army Postal Service delivered around 2 billion letters during the war. In 1917 alone, over 19,000 mailbags crossed the English Channel each day, transporting letters and parcels to British troops on the Western Front.