12 Apr 2026Admin
The Battle of the Atlantic: Britain's Longest Campaign
The Battle of the Atlantic lasted from 1939 to 1945 and was crucial to Britain's survival. Without the convoys, the war could not have been won.
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Historical Archive
Research articles, archival materials, and historical documents about Soviet military history in the UK.
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12 Apr 2026Admin
The Polish Resettlement Corps in Britain: From Soldiers to Citizens
The story of how 200,000 Polish soldiers who fought alongside Britain transitioned to civilian life in the UK after 1945.
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12 Apr 2026Admin
D-Day: Planning Operation Overlord
The massive logistical and deception effort behind the largest amphibious invasion in history.
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12 Apr 2026Admin
Behind the Wire: The Prisoner of War Experience
An examination of the lives of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in German and Japanese camps during WWII.
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11 Apr 2026Admin
Guide to Military Records: Tracing Your Veteran's Service History
A practical guide to the archives and databases available for researching British, Soviet, and Allied military service records.
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11 Apr 2026Admin
The Indian Army in World War II: Britain's Largest Volunteer Force
A historical overview of the British Indian Army during WWII — the largest volunteer army in history, with 2.5 million soldiers fighting across multiple theatres.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
Soviet Fighter Aces: Masters of the Eastern Front Sky
The extraordinary stories of Ivan Kozhedub, Alexander Pokryshkin, and other Soviet aces who dominated the air war against the Luftwaffe.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
The Eastern Front: From Barbarossa to Berlin
An overview of the Eastern Front — the largest and deadliest theatre of the Second World War, where 80% of German military casualties occurred.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
The Arctic Convoys: Britain's Lifeline to the Soviet Union
Between 1941 and 1945, Allied naval convoys braved the Arctic Ocean to deliver essential war supplies from Britain to the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Archangel.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
Lend-Lease: The Allied Supply Line That Changed the War
How the American and British lend-lease programme supplied the Soviet Union with vital equipment, vehicles, and food.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
Victory Day: Origins, Traditions, and Meaning
The history and cultural significance of 9 May as a day of remembrance across the post-Soviet world.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
The Intelligence War: From Enigma to Ultra
How codebreakers and spies shaped the outcome of the war.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
Women at War: The Untold Stories of Britain's Female War Workers
From factories to code-breaking, millions of British women contributed to the war effort in ways that transformed society.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
Hobart's Funnies: Engineering Innovation That Won D-Day
How Major General Percy Hobart's specially modified tanks solved the deadly problems of amphibious assault and saved thousands of lives on D-Day.
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10 Apr 2026Admin
The Home Guard: Britain's Last Line of Defence
The story of the volunteer force that stood ready to defend Britain against invasion, from the Local Defence Volunteers of 1940 to the stand-down in December 1944.
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9 Apr 2026Admin
Letters from the Front: Wartime Correspondence in Our Archive
A curated selection of wartime letters from veterans in our registry, offering intimate glimpses into the daily reality of war and the longing for home.
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8 Apr 2026Admin
Midget Submarines: The Secret War Beneath the Waves
The remarkable story of X-craft and XE-craft operations, from the Tirpitz attack to James Magennis's VC action in the Far East.
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8 Apr 2026Admin
The Battle of Stalingrad: Turning Point of the Second World War
The Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) was the bloodiest battle in human history and the decisive turning point of the war in Europe.
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8 Apr 2026Admin
Commonwealth Forces in World War II
The crucial contribution of soldiers from India, Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
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8 Apr 2026Admin
Dunkirk: The Miracle of Deliverance
The dramatic evacuation of over 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940 — Operation Dynamo.
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6 Apr 2026Admin
The Battle of Britain: The Few Who Saved a Nation
The story of the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 — the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.
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6 Apr 2026Admin
Penicillin: The Miracle Drug That Changed Military Medicine
How Dorothy Hodgkin's crystallography and Allied scientists turned a laboratory curiosity into the drug that saved millions of soldiers' lives.
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6 Apr 2026Admin
Allied Together: Soviet-British Wartime Cooperation
From the Arctic Convoys to the Eastern Front, the British and Soviet alliance was decisive in defeating Nazi Germany.
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6 Apr 2026Admin
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden Heroines
The untold stories of women who worked in British intelligence during WWII — from Bletchley Park codebreakers to SOE agents behind enemy lines.
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