World War Two
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Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to this year's military history events
From WWII bomber bases to medieval archery there's lots to entice military history fans out the house during the Museums at Night weekend of May 18-20 2012.
Norwich Arts Centre photographic exhibition and special event remembers the Baedeker Raids
A photographic exhibition with a special day-long programme of events at Norwich Arts Centre remembers the Baedeker Raids which wreaked havoc on the city in World War Two.
Imperial War Museum looks at life on the home front in new Family in Wartime exhibition
A selection of interviews, pictures and everyday artefacts at the IWM follow the lives of the Allpress family who lived in South London during the Second World War.
Artists explore the area surrounding the Pump House Gallery for the space's latest show
During their residencies at the Delfina foundation Baptist Coelho and Nadia Kaabi-Linke used the local Wandsworth borough to inspire work for the Social States display.
Education and ingenuity: The Second World War Past and Present at Lighthouse
Photos, testimonies, a computer game for visitors and more in an exhibition remembering wartime communities, created by residents and students in Brighton and Hove.
World War Two Japanese fighter Kawasaki Ki-100 goes back on display at RAF Cosford
The last remaining example of a World War Two Japanese fighter developed to meet the might of US long range bombers has gone back on display at RAF Museum Cosford.
Ori Gersht: This Storm is What we Call Progress at the Imperial War Museum London
In his first major solo show in the UK, Israeli-born, London-based artist Ori Gersht presents films and photography exploring the personal and visual scars of war.
An Anne Frank rose to be planted at Manchester Jewish Museum for Holocaust Memorial Day
A look at some of the events and exhibitions being held across the country from today for Holocaust Memorial Day 2012, including a new display in Manchester.
Photographer Nigel Green surveys post-war Picardy in Reconstruction at UCA Canterbury
Combining his grounding in fine art and skill as an architectural photographer, Nigel Green contemplates the styles used to rebuild a French region.
Search engine giant Google helps Bletchley Park find funding in codebreaking huts quest
Former codebreaking centre Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire has moved closer to a multi-million pound revamp thanks to a £550,000 charitable gift from Google.
Andrew Choong Han Lin on Arctic Convoys at the National Maritime Museum
We find out more about the National Maritime Museum show on the sailors who spent four years getting supplies to Russia during World War II.
Team of archaeologists re-enact Steve McQueen's Great Escape heroics on Channel 4
The Great Escape remains one of the most famous stories of World War II, but how was it really done? A team of archaeologists, RAF personnel and experts have found out.
A cinematic story as the Abergavenny Museum reveals The British Resistance in Wales
Ahead of a new film about the units who would have tried to sabotage the Nazis if the D-Day Landings had failed, the Abergavenny Museum tells the Welsh tale of the troops.
Museums and Heritage Sites mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Day 2011
All over Britain wreaths will be laid at War memorials as museums and heritage sites across the country mark the occasion with special events.
Parliament Week Curator's Choice: Winston Churchill's War Rooms despatch box
Take a look at the despatch box Winston Churchill carried his papers in and find out why it is adorned with a sticker from Barbados in the second part of Culture24's Parliament Week special from the......
