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Bombs over Britain
Cities including Liverpool, Plymouth and London were bombarded by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. Take a look at some of the images...
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Rationing
Rationing in Britain was announced early into World War II. Check out a typical weekly food ration for the people of wartime Blighty.
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Views of Europe
From the heartbreak of the French as the Nazis rolled into Paris to dogfights over Germany, see iconic images of Europe in World War II.
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Recipes
As World War II progressed, Britain became hungrier as the Ministry of Food instituted a rationing system which covered most kinds of food.
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Ultra was the code name for the Bletchley Park operation in which coded messages from the German secret military cipher machine Enigma were decoded and read.
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Made by the Realist Film Unit, Bampton Shows The Way tells the story of a Devon village's efforts to organise a food week.
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Food Flashes
Food Flashes were a series of 'Kitchen Front' films produced during World War II to instruct the civilian population how to use rations.
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Do it Now
A 1939 propaganda film from the GPO Film Unit, showing what people must or must not do in wartime. Advice includes keeping a gas mask handy.
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