Tag: Second world war VideoAudacious Raids: Operations Grouse, Freshman, Swallow and Gunnerside Friday 2 October 2020Operations Grouse, Freshman, Swallow and Gunnerside were carried out by the Special Operations Executive...On the RecordUntold Battle of BritainTuesday 15 September 2020‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many...VideoWhat’s Online: ‘We need to buck ourselves up a bit’ – British propaganda of the Second World WarFriday 24 July 2020At the outbreak of war in 1939, the newly formed Ministry of Information set...AudioThe personal story of Holocaust survivor John DobaiWednesday 20 February 2019John Dobai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1934. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day,...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryTuesday 4 July 2017In this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about...Audio‘Dadland’: the father who was also an undercover guerrilla agentThursday 18 May 2017Keggie Carew discusses her book ‘Dadland’, a story about a madcap English childhood, the...AudioNever Forget: The Holocaust and Nazi PersecutionFriday 7 October 2016In this talk – held as part of Holocaust Memorial Day – record specialists Ela...AudioUsing the 1939 Register: Recording the UK population before the warTuesday 22 December 2015The preparations had been made well in advance. Now Britain was at war, and...AudioDunkirk: from disaster to deliveranceThursday 6 August 2015Drawing on fresh new interviews with Dunkirk veterans – soldiers and sailors – plus...AudioSpecial Operations Executive (SOE) service – some alternative sourcesFriday 4 July 2014Have you been unsuccessful in searching for a personal file for someone in SOE...AudioWriter of the month: Suddenly, all roads led to Munich, 1936 – why I wrote Winter GamesFriday 20 September 2013Rachel Johnson discusses the writing of Winter Games. Rachel is a columnist, bestselling novelist...AudioLocating London’s wartime past: www.bombsight.orgFriday 9 August 2013Bomb Sight uses geography to link together The National Archives’ Second World War Bomb... 1 2 3 … 6 »