Category: Military history audio AudioThe personal story of Holocaust survivor John DobaiJohn Dobai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1934. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day,...AudioWest Africa and the First World WarThe First World War had a great impact on West Africa, as Britain ordered...AudioUFO files at The National ArchivesOriginally set up at the request of Winston Churchill, the Ministry of Defence’s UFO Desk ran...AudioSuffrage 100: Did militancy help or hinder the fight for the franchise?By 1912, militancy associated with the Suffragette movement hit its peak, with regular arson...AudioSylvia Pankhurst: suffragette, socialist and ‘scourge of the empire’From militant suffragette at the beginning of the 20th century to campaigner against colonialism...AudioBlack Power and the stateThe late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the flourishing of Black Power, a movement...Audio‘Corner of a Foreign Field’: a play about the burial of Indian Muslim troops at the time of the First World WarIt is October 1914 and Maulana Sadr Ud-Din is battling with General Barrow, the...Audio‘Step Child’: a play about the surveillance of First World War Indian dissentersThe British Government promises that all British subjects are equal before the law. But...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarIn a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...Audio‘The Radicalisation of Vir Singh’: a play about the challenges of serving as an Indian soldier in the First World WarArjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the...Audio‘Smile’: a play about Indian soldiers at the Brighton Pavilion Hospital during the First World WarThree Indian soldiers recover at the iconic Brighton Pavilion hospital. Every detail is provided...AudioBombs, bulls and civilian braveryIn this podcast The National Archives’ Principal Military Specialist reveals some of his favourite stories about... 1 2 3 … 11 »
