The Second World War saw a major leap in the effectiveness of military aircraft. Advances in technology permitted bigger, faster and more capable designs. Radar provided the means to…
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IWM was founded on 5 March 1917, while the First World War was still being fought. The museums was not formed as a monument to…
The Battle of Britain, which raged between July and October 1940, pitted the Royal Air Force against the German Luftwaffe in a duel for air superiority…
By midday on Victory in Europe (VE) Day, 8 May, large crowds were gathering in London’s West End to cheer Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Royal Family. Churchill was driven to Buckingham Palace to have lunch with…
As the First World War intensified, each belligerent nation found that more and more armaments were needed for its fighting forces. On the home fronts, workers…
The Battle of Verdun, 21 February-15 December 1916, became the longest battle in modern history. It was originally planned by the German Chief of General Staff, Erich…
The Ypres Salient was one of the most intensely voices fought over sections of the Western Front. Early in 1917, the British high command laid…
Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918) was part of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) after a dramatic aerial pursuit…
The trench warfare of the Weapon Western Front encouraged the development of new weaponry to break the stalemate. Poison gas was one such development. The first…
During the spring of 1917, German troops withdrew to new defensive positions on the Western Front Life, known to the Allies as the Hindenburg Line.…