The Third Battle of Ypres - also known as Passchendaele - has shaped perceptions of the First World War on the Western Front. Fought between July and November 1917, both sides suffered heavy ...
We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, ...
Wall mounted, polished dark wooden board, with wide, raised, border of same material. Each corner has rounded corners. Top edge has slightly pediment shape. Text is shown in gilt paint. The lettering ...
Walk the top-secret corridors and glimpse what life would have been like during the tense days and nights of the Second World War. Join historians Allen Packwood and Kevin Ruane and explore Winston ...
On Tuesday 5th November the Collections Access and Research team will be participating in the 10th Annual History Day, held at Senate House. History Day is a day for researchers, students, and ...
The Battle of North Cape began when the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst and five destroyers left their base in Altenfjord, northern Norway on Christmas Day 1943, to intercept two Arctic Convoys, ...
Wednesday 27 December to Sunday 23 February 2025. IWM Duxford’s winter spotlight exhibition tells the story of the aircraft and aircrew who fought in the Battles of France and Britain over the summer ...
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 ...
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We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, ...
Hear about our collections, exhibitions, stories, events and other ways you can support us. Sign up now and enjoy a 10% discount in our IWM shop.