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The National Archives now open, offering greater access to our collections

Following regular reviews since our initial re-opening in July, we are now able to...

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Audacious raids: Operations Grouse, Freshman, Swallow & Gunnerside

Juliette Desplat examines the four operations carried out by SOE and the Norwegian Resistance...

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Operations which didn’t happen: British participation in the invasion of Japan, 1945

Had the atomic bombs not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in the...

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The Forgotten Army: West African Troops in Burma, 1945

They have been called the ‘Forgotten Army’ – the British Fourteenth Army who, in...

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Time Travel Tots Storytelling

New! Time Travel Tots storytelling. Join Dani for a special adventure inspired by real...

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The Archivists’ Guide to Film: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Correspondence between film companies and the War Office turns up in a number of...

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