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VE Day

Updated Friday, 7 May 2021

This year (2021) marks the 76 years since Europe celebrated the end of the Second World War, so we've put together a variety of resources on this time in history.

This year (2021) marks the 76 years since Europe celebrated the end of the Second World War, so we've put together a variety of resources on this time in history.

To mark the anniversary, we've compiled some of our Second World War resources...

Copyrighted  image Icon Good Churchill, bad Churchill?
Good Churchill, bad Churchill?

Everyone has an opinion on former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. We take a look at some of...

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Timewatch: Bloody Omaha
Timewatch: Bloody Omaha

More than 75 years ago, the fate of World War II turned on five beaches in Normandy, France. ‘D-Day’ was the...

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Creative commons image Icon Wartime Farm: Food In the World War
Wartime Farm: Food In the World War

Some nations suffered harshly during the shortages of wartime - others adapted and managed to keep their...

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Copyrighted  image IconAlan Turing: Life and legacy
Alan Turing: Life and legacy

To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is...

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Copyrighted  image IconThe Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park

An unassuming building in what is now Milton Keynes played a pivotal role in the Second World War - and the...

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Colossus

At the heart of the code-breaking effort during WWII was an incredible piece of engineering - Colossus - the...

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Creative commons image Icon Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline
Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline

Track the key events in Adolf Hitler's life, including his childhood in Austria, his decisions as Fuehrer of...

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Creative commons image Icon What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
What is the evidence that King Edward VIII...

Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathiser? Damning evidence in the archives suggests he wanted England...

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Creative commons image Icon Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In...

Ian Kershaw, renowned as one of the leading experts on the Third Reich, unpicks the question of how history...

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Creative commons image Icon The Bletchley Park connection
The Bletchley Park connection

The once-hidden connection between Asa Briggs, Mary Siepmann, Alan Turing and many others—an estate...

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Copyrighted  image IconHistory as commemoration
History as commemoration

Commemoration – remembering and marking your past – makes an important contribution to our...

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