As I travelled to the Junction theatre in Goole with a friend, I had a great deal of trepidation about seeing the play Bomb Happy. Written by Helena Fox, it is based on the experiences of a number of Second World War veterans from York. But not just any veterans, a group of men who […]
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I went to see this film in Sheffield today, with some trepidation. It wasn’t just a case of being a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s films (which I am), it was that this film is important. Why important? Well, it’s simply the biggest, most high profile film about the Second World War in some time. […]
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Tonight on Channel 4 my latest piece of Television work will be broadcast, Dunkirk: The New Evidence. This will be the fifth time I have revisited Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo for TV, from Dig 1940 to Dan Snow’s Little Ships. The latest programme was partially inspired by the upcoming Dunkirk movie and it is amazing […]
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The Battle of France began on 10th May 1940 when the Germans attacked into Holland, Belgium and France. With a couple of weeks the Netherlands were overrun, the Belgians had surrendered and the British and French were in retreat to the coast around the port of Dunkirk. Nearly 400,000 Allied servicemen were contained in a […]
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He took the defining photo of the U.S.S.R.’s victory over Nazi Germany, although many of his photographs were heavily doctored or staged for Soviet propaganda purposes. But instead of accolades from communist authorities, Yevgeny Khaldei — born 100 years ago in 1917 — struggled to remain employed as anti-Semitism swept through the Soviet Union. Yevgeny Khaldei […]
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Today hundreds gathered in Sinyavino, Russia, to bury 602 Soviet soldiers who died defending Leningrad during a bloody siege. Their remains were found by volunteers, seven decades after their death. Source: Remains of 602 World War II Soviet soldiers are re-buried | Daily Mail Online
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Colour photographs in a new book from the Imperial War Museums vividly bring to life moments from WW2 including troops in training and Winston Churchill and his chiefs of staff. Source: The Second World War in colour | Daily Mail Online
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