Object details

Category
Private papers
Related period
Second World War (content)
Production date
1942
Dimensions

whole: 1 Outsize Conservation Volume and 1 Conservation Microfilm

Catalogue number
Documents.8755

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Remains of the 600-year-old St Michael's Cathedral two days after the devastating air raid on Coventry on 14-15 November 1940
© IWM (H 5603)
Second World War

The Blitz Around Britain

The 'Blitz' – from the German term Blitzkrieg ('lightning war') – was the sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) from September 1940 until May 1941.
Incendiaries in a Suburb, 1941 by Henry Carr
IWM ART LD 1518
Second World War

What Life Was Like In Britain During The Second World War

When Britain went to war on 3 September 1939 there was none of the 'flag-waving patriotism' of August 1914. The British people were now resigned to the fact that Hitler had to be stopped by force. 
Paratroopers and 'parapack' supply containers drop between Heelsum and Wolfheze, west of Arnhem, on 17 September 1944.
© IWM (BU 1162)
Second World War

The Story Of Operation 'Market Garden' In Photos

The 'Market Garden' plan employed all three divisions of First Allied Airborne Army. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation.