Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show has now passed. If you missed out on tickets, join us for our grand send-off to the 2024 Flying Season at Duxford Flying Finale, as well as our other upcoming events ...

Between July 2020 and June 2021, IWM’s War and Conflict Subject Specialist Network (WCSSN) led a project called Connecting, sharing, learning: sustaining relationships between collections and older ...

Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show has now passed. If you missed out on tickets, join us for our grand send-off to the 2024 Flying Season at Duxford Flying Finale, as well as our other upcoming events ...

Women played a crucial role in the day-to-day life of the Cabinet War Rooms during the Second World War. They worked as switchboard operators, typists and clerks, often privy to sensitive information ...

What is an ‘On War Service’ badge and who might have worn one? These small, metal pin badges were worn by civilians during the First World War in order to indicate that the person wearing it was on ...

With the ship still under fire from Communist forces, First Lieutenant Geoffrey Weston assumed command. He ordered an evacuation of the wounded and those who could be spared to the Nationalist-held ...

Beginning in September 1940, the Blitz was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by the Luftwaffe against British cities. Over a period of nine months, over 43,500 civilians were killed in the raids, ...

Open daily 9:30am to 6pm, last entry at 5pm. Members enjoy free admission -why not join today? We recommend booking in advance for Churchill War Rooms to minimise wait time. However, tickets are also ...

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Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries ...