War & Conflict

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National Gallery commemorates WWII with musical recitals and new online resource

Musical recitals and a new web resource mark the National Gallery's wartime role as a venue for lunchtime concerts.

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Tangmere Military Aviation Museum unveils remarkable Lightning simulator flight machine

A new Lightning flight simulator soon to be unveiled at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum has thrilled test pilots.

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Battle of Britain Curator's Choice: The Noble Hurricane, Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

70 years after the Battle of Britain, curator David Coxon reveals the poignant story behind a relic Hurricane fighter aircraft.

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Remembering Fromelles: Remarkable finds 94 years on shown at the Imperial War Museum

IWM London tells the story of 250 soldiers whose bodies were found buried 94 years after they died in the Battle of Fromelles.

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500-year-old maps provide clues to Tudor Britain and sinking of Henry VIII's ship at Mary Rose Museum

United for the first time, charts of 16th century Portsmouth reveal the map-making skills of the Tudors.

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Battle of Britain 70th anniversary: The Battle of Britain Hall at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

Marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Culture24 explores the collection held in the Battle of Britain Hall at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.

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Ambitious plans to save WWII submarine launched in Gosport

Ambitious plans to restore and conserve the WWII era submarine HMS Alliance have been announced by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum.

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RAF Museum launches Battle of Britain blog based on diaries of RAF fighter pilot

A new blog launched by the RAF Museum on July 10 reveals the personal diaries of a young fighter ace caught up in the Battle of Britain.

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Curator's Choice: Battle of Britain Hangar 4 at Imperial War Museum Duxford

Carl Warner of Imperial War Museum Duxford explains his love of Hangar 4; a building with a long and hidden history.

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Triple Ace World War II pilot Bud Anderson set to be reunited with lethal Mustang at Duxford

A World War II hero will be reunited with the plane he flew during the Flying Legends show at IWM Duxford this weekend.

Face to face with the new-look Yorkshire Museum

Culture24's sneak preview of some of the incredible objects inside the Yorkshire Museum, which reopens for Yorkshire Day this Sunday following a £2 million refurbishment.

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Remembering Scotland at War: online resource for schools

This new, social networking website has lots of classroom-friendly material for you.

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Bradford Bulls' famous Odsal Stadium to become heritage focal point in £200,000 project

The 76-year social history of Bradford's Odsal Stadium will be revealed in a three-year project.

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Afghanistan war veteran takes up new role as "major asset" for Royal Armouries in Leeds

A soldier injured fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan has taken a work placement at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds.

Screenshot from Channel 4 Battle of Britain: 303 Squadron game showing WWII Spitfires fighting German Luftwaffe planes in the sky with the countryside and fields, hedges, hills and trees beneath.

Battle of Britain: 303 Squadron

Channel 4 have a great new WWII game out plus your class can make an aeroplane too.

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