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• Can I Come Home Please?

  (Books, Children)

  Using taped interviews from the Imperial War Museum's extensive Sound Archive, Phil Robins has gathered together this compelling collection of first-hand accounts from people who grew up during the Second World War. Illustrated with many...

• The Blitz (Beginning History S.)

  (Books, Children)

  A bright, colourful book which assumes no previous knowledge, for children of 5-7 years. The book combines historical artwork with short, easy-to-read text suitable for less experienced readers. With a clean, fresh design, clear captions and index, the...

• Cromwell Cruiser Tank 1942–50

  (Land, Tanks)

  The Cromwell Cruiser tank was designed as a result, and soon proved itself one of the fastest and most successful tanks deployed by the Allies during World War 2. This book details the design and development of the Cromwell and its many variants, from...

• German Destroyers 1939–45

  (Sea, Ships)

  The German destroyer fleet of World War II consisted of nine classes: the Diether Von Roeder Class, the Leberecht Maas Class and the wartime classes Z23, Z35, Z37, Z40, Z43, Z46 and Z52. These vessels, though fewer in number than the British destroyer...

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• ARMY POST OFFICE IN THE MIDLANDS, ENGLAND, 1944

  (photographs)

  Staff at the Army Post Office 'somewhere in the Midlands' work on the card index of two million casualties that is maintained there. This index enabled letters for prisoners to be sent to the Red Cross for delivery, and enabled letters for...

• POW currency, lagergeld, 10 pfennig, Germany

  (currency)

  Prison Camp currency note issued by III Armeekorps and circulated in a POW camp in Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany. Part of the Fischel Collection of German and Austrian banknotes and coins of 1904 - 1924. The collection is currently stored in 137...

• PUBLIC LIBRARY: THE WORK OF LEYTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE, CHURCH LANE, LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, SEPTEMBER 1944

  (photographs)

  A view of the card index kept at Leytonstone Public Library as a record of the number of tickets issued. The hands of a female librarian are just visible, checking through the tickets.

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  (photographs)

  In the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, a scientist works at the Hilger 'Universal' Lens Testing Interferometer. The main work of the Optics Section consists of the testing of optical...

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• IWM War Story Blog

  IWM War Story Blog Home What we’re collecting Afghanistan in Context IWM War Story Blog Imperial War Museum project to encourage servicemen and women to record their personal stories relating to contemporary conflict Feeds: Posts Comments About War Story...

• 1940 Britain's Finest Hour

  1940 Britain's Finest Hour Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that if the British Commonwealth and Empire lasts for a thousand years, men will still say “This was their finest hour” Winston Churchill 1940 was Britain’...

• IWM Blogs | Imperial War Museum Blogs and Projects

  IWM Blogs | Imperial War Museum Blogs and Projects War Story Project 02-04-2011 Working in co-operation with the Ministry of Defence, the Imperial War Museum will support participants to add information to existing new media channels such as blogs and...

• What we’re collecting « IWM War Story Blog

  What we’re collecting « IWM War Story Blog Home What we’re collecting Afghanistan in Context IWM War Story Blog Imperial War Museum project to encourage servicemen and women to record their personal stories relating to contemporary conflict Feeds: Posts...