The first protest poster was created by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958. It shows an image of a child with his hands raised…
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In the autumn of 1918, Germany and its allies were exhausted. Their armies were defeated and their hungry citizens were beginning to rebel. As early…
In spring 1942, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) launched a series of destructive air raids against historic towns and cities in Britain. These attacks were…
This section of wallpaper was taken from a Battle German dugout. The handwritten inscription reads ‘Taken from wall of Bosche Dug Out near Estrées, 6.2.17‘.…
In April 1949, with civil war raging in China between the Chinese Communist People’s Liberation Army and Nationalist Kuomintang forces, the frigate (a type of warship) HMS Amethyst was ordered up…
On 16 December 1944 the Germans launched a Battle massive attack on Allied forces in the area around the Ardennes forest in Belgium and Luxembourg…
In 1878 the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, came under British control. Its population is made up of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The…
Soldiers from the Empire and Commonwealth made a significant contribution to the Somme offensive. On 1 July 1916 a battalion from Newfoundland, attacked with the 29th…
On 2 April 1982, Argentinian forces invaded the British overseas territory of the Falklands Islands. Argentina had claimed sovereignty over the islands for many years…
Innovations and technological development profoundly characterized the Second World War. Each country did what they could to create the most powerful military equipment and weaponry.…