Colour The Home Guard (originally the Local Defence Volunteers) was established in May 1940. Made up of men below or above conscription age and those unfit…
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Italy In October 1935 Italian troops invaded Ethiopia – then also known as Abyssinia – forcing the country’s Emperor, Haile Selassie, into exile. Ignoring protests from the League…
The First World War was a new kind of war. It was fought on a massive scale, and involved millions of people. Entire populations became…
WOMEN In Britain during the First World War, there was a shortage of farm labour as men were conscripted into the forces. There was also…
Atomic At 8.15 on the morning of 6th August 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was devastated by the first atomic bomb to be used…
Tactics The Normandy campaign saw the Anglo-American armies inflict a decisive defeat on the German military machine. The British Army’s role was pivotal, but victory…
Malta Between 1940 and 1942 the British colony of Malta in the central Mediterranean faced relentless aerial attacks by the Luftwaffe and Italian Air Force.…
As the Battle of Britain raged in the skies over Britain in the summer of 1940, a range of British artists were quick to record and interpret…
The First World War saw the use of air power in conflict on a large scale for the first time. Military aviation was still relatively…
Britain Having failed to prevent the defeat of Poland in September 1939, Britain and France were faced with the prospect of a long and costly…