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The Anniversary of D-Day

Updated Wednesday, 5 June 2019

On the 6th June 1944 the Allied invasion of Normandy began. This year marks the 76th Anniversary of 'D-Day' so we've put together a great range of resources on the Second World War.

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

  • 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 the highlights as well as the controversies of his career.

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    Article

  • 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 Germany, his leadership in the Second World War, and his eventual suicide.

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    Article

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

    What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

    Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathiser? Damning evidence in the archives suggests he wanted England bombed to force an Anglo-German alliance?

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    Article

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

    Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

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

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    Audio

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • The Bletchley Park connection

    The Bletchley Park connection

    The once-hidden connection between Asa Briggs, Mary Siepmann, Alan Turing and many others—an estate used by British codebreakers during the Second World War.

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    Article

    Level: 1 Introductory

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  • The First World War: trauma and memory

    The First World War: trauma and memory

    In this free course, The First World War: trauma and memory, you will study the subject of physical and mental trauma, its treatments and its representation. You will focus not only on the trauma experienced by combatants but also the effects of the First World War on civilian populations.

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