Second World War (KS5)

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Our records cover the entire conflict from Churchill's desk downwards. Read the PM's signed orders and top level diplomacy with Roosevelt and Stalin alongside reports from all theatres of war and every aspect of the situation on the Home Front - from what was shown in the nation's cinemas to recipes for British kitchens.

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- The Art of War
  Britain's war artists capture the conflict in artwork
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Heroes & Villains
  Investigate the movers and shakers of the 20th century
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- The Cabinet Papers 1915-80
  History through the eyes of 65 years of British cabinets
  
  Key stage 4 - 5
- - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Focus on Film
    Investigate film as a historical source
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
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3900

Tonnage of bombs dropped on the city of Dresden in February 1945
1,700,000

Estimated number of Axis and Soviet casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad
1,494,000,000

Cinema tickets sold in Britain in 1942
31,400,000,000

Value in dollars of supplies shipped to Britain by the US under the lend-lease agreement
1

Number of eggs per person per week allowed under wartime rationing

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