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ArchiveExperience British life and the role of the BBC at the outbreak of World War II through original news broadcasts, documents and photos
News2,259 results >
UK / 19 May 2012… an association with them since she was appointed honorary Colonel of the Grenadier Guards as a 16 year old princess at the height of World War…
Lincolnshire / 18 May 2012In the cemetery is the grave of John Gillespie Magee, who wrote the poem High Flight shortly before before being killed in a World War II flying…
Europe / 17 May 2012… sat through the chilling detail of the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, it emerged that the prosecution had failed to disclose…
Sport172 results >
Motorsport / 25 May 2012… a World War II hero, the face of TV sheepdog trials, an occasional film star and one of the fastest motorcycle road racers in the world. John…
Football / 15 May 2012… this summer Saturday. It is written in the stars. Much has happened in the 110 years since Hibernian lifted the old trophy. World wars, plagues…
Olympics / 9 February 2012… the inaugural Fifa World Cup. It returned in 1936 but the growth of professional football after the Second World War meant the best players were…
Learning111 results >
War sounds World War 2 Evacuation The Blitz World War 2: Speeches World War 2 Songs and music World War 2 News Programmes to download A collection…
War sounds World War 2 Evacuation The Blitz World War 2: Speeches World War 2 Songs and music World War 2 News Programmes to download A collection…
Subjects World War 2 Audio Clips In order to see this content you need to have both enabled and installed. Visit for full instructions Declaration…
iPlayer1 result >
BBC Radio 3 / 27 May 2012… city that was completely flattened by a bombing raid would be "Coventrated". This event was to change the course of World War 2. From the moment…
TV & Radio Programmes45 results >
BBC Radio 2 / 31 May 2012World War 2. We hear about William Joyce and his treachery, but then it was back to business after the war in 1946. During the 1950s the station…
TV & Radio Sites19 results >
Today's object World War 2 Mobile VAD badge World War 2 Mobile VAD badge Hide image caption Show image caption World War 2 Mobile VAD Arm Band…
History38 results >
Europe, people called it the First World War (World War 1). The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe,…
World War 2: Teacher's Resources Teacher's Resources Choose a section: World War 2: World at war Lesson plans Find out more about the history…
… the last battles were fought. Towns were bombed day. BBC Primary History - Children of World War 2 - The war ends. World War 2: The war ends In…
Local (archive)17 results >
… s War You are in: > > > > About People's War WW2 People's War About People's War This year is the 60th anniversary of the end of World War 2 and…
Blogs11 results >
X-Ray production team - X-Ray / 13 June 2011… work, but seven months later the Powells described it as looking like something out of World War 2. They were meant to be getting an upstairs…
About the BBC3 results >
The BBC Story Anniversaries for previous months. The day we went to war - 3 September 1939 How World War 2 transformed the BBC In order to see…
CBBC1 result >
Girl Power. They dig for Britain and dig this funny tune. Patriotically pick up the World War 2 lyrics here. How do I get this? To download this…
