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3 days ago · Life in Britain changed forever at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Where did Doodlebugs land in Kent? See our interactive map. Hundreds of bombs fell on Kent during the Doodlebug...
- 75-Year Anniversary of Baedeker Blitz on Canterbury When City Was Showered With Bombs
Two days earlier the RAF, under Air Marshal Sir Arthur...
- 75-Year Anniversary of Baedeker Blitz on Canterbury When City Was Showered With Bombs
1 day ago · Dunkirk evacuation. The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large ...
2 days ago · The Tank Museum The Tank Museum in Dorset features over 300 tanks from 26 nations, including World War Two models. Royal Air Force Museum Choose between Cosford, Shropshire, or London to learn ...
2 days ago · This surface structure gives access to a World War II deep air raid shelter at Goodge Street underground station and was built by London Transport. There is another access shaft nearby on Tottenham Court Road. Eight such shelters were built each holding 8000 people and are 400 metres in length. Tunneling commenced in 1940 and was completed in 1942 by which time the Gernan bombing was almost ...
5 days ago · Some 220,000 Allied troops, however, were rescued by British ships from France’s northwestern ports (Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, and Saint-Nazaire), thus bringing the total of Allied troops evacuated to about 558,000. There remained the French armies south of the Germans’ Somme–Aisne front.
5 days ago · It employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats from the evacuation, and period aeroplanes. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Dunkirk premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London, a few days before its release in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 July 2017.
4 days ago · A new art exhibition has been inspired by the experiences of Basque children evacuated to the UK during the Spanish Civil War. Almost 4,000 arrived by ship in Southampton, after the bombing of the ...
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