Hello, in this time of war and crisis I am wondering what we - as modern individuals and as western societies - can learn from WW2 and the morale...
I have long used old postcards particularly from the late 1940s and 1950s as a way of identifying the exact locations and nature of a number of...
A new short eBook called Cornwall Railways War Diary 1939-1945 looks at what happened on Cornwall's railways during the war. This War Diary tells...
A new short eBook available on Amazon giving an insight into life in rural Cornwall during the war focusing on the small coastal village of Gorran...
Sophie Raworth: My grandfather's war As part of our People's War series of reports, BBC presenter Sophie Raworth tells how her surgeon...
Some of you will be aware of the Extended Defence of Britain Database and associated GoogleEarth overlays, all affiliated with the Pillbox Study...
The Home Front 1939–1945 in 100 Objects. Austin J Ruddy. [ATTACH] The Home Front 1939–1945 in 100 Objects Frontline Books Pages: 212...
An interesting article by Professor Richard Overy, a number of myths "busted". Have a peek. A "taster":These banal solutions masked the reality of...
Noted lots of threads on here concerning the Blitz. I was recently given these 2 images no idea which book, magazine they came from or the area...
BBC iPlayer - Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany - Series 1: Episode 1 Anyone else watch this? Thoughts, opinions etc? I thought it was a decent...
Morning All, Interesting piece on the BBC website When truth trumped propaganda with a link to the MOI Digital site which has published a...
Hi all, Thought that this might be of interest. Big event being held at the old HQ of the Auxiliary Units on Sunday, September 22nd (Coleshill,...
Learnt today the publishers have plenty to sell at £12. The summary starts with:This latest CBA Practical Handbook forms part of the CBA-led...
The Cornwall Railway Society are publishing the diary of events I have compiled from a range of sources showing what happened on the railways in...
Not certain we've ever had a thread specifically for images of WW2 factory work. The IWM images appear to still be growing in number, and some are...
Not a subject that will get a lot of attention but a new book " Knitskreig: A Call To Yarns" by Joyce Meader published by Uniform Press, explores...
Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere but if you follow this link......
Christmas 1940 on the British Home Front Christmas 1940 was a very different time from anything that took place earlier, or since. It is a time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwF9AUs-iHU http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-tribute-to-women/query/clothes+coupons Several shots of the...
On Saturday 22nd February 1941 in an air raid that killed 3 civilians a parachute mine was dropped. An AA gun crew fired and punctured the...
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