To mark the anniversary, we've compiled some of our Second World War resources...
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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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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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Level: 1 Introductory
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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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Level: 1 Introductory
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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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Level: 1 Introductory
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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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Level: 1 Introductory
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The First World War: trauma and memory
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