Lightly wounded British soldiers having food at the Dressing Station at Aveluy Wood, 13 November 1916. ‘In the Valley of the Ancre 1917’ an ink and wash drawing by Adrian Hill of the typical landscape ...

The Third Battle of Ypres - also known as Passchendaele - has shaped perceptions of the First World War on the Western Front. Fought between July and November 1917, both sides suffered heavy ...

Between July 2020 and June 2021, IWM’s War and Conflict Subject Specialist Network (WCSSN) led a project called Connecting, sharing, learning: sustaining relationships between collections and older ...

On Tuesday 5th November the Collections Access and Research team will be participating in the 10th Annual History Day, held at Senate House. History Day is a day for researchers, students, and ...

The Battle of North Cape began when the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst and five destroyers left their base in Altenfjord, northern Norway on Christmas Day 1943, to intercept two Arctic Convoys, ...

Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries ...

This display houses the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses, alongside a significant collection of George Crosses. Discover over 250 stories of people who faced adversity and performed acts ...

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are aircraft with no on-board crew or passengers. They can be automated ‘drones’ or remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs). UAV’s can fly for long periods of time at a ...

The Research Room is open five days a week. On Tuesdays to Fridays, we have 15 spaces for individual researchers to view up to 10 items each per day. Mondays are reserved for appointments to view ...