War in Museums
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Art, film, photography, posters, oral history, artefacts, aircraft and vehicles documenting Britain and its former Empire at war, preserved in the collections of UK museums, galleries and archives.
Taking a ride on a tiger...
Today in 1944, outside Rauray in Normandy, British tank crewmen of A Squadron, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, take a ride on a captured German Tiger. #OTD #SWW #WW2
Film: Peter Handford AFPU, IWM A70 59-6 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Today in 1944, outside Rauray in Normandy, British tank crewmen of A Squadron, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, take a ride on a captured German Tiger. #OTD #SWW #WW2
Film: Peter Handford AFPU, IWM A70 59-6 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Taking a ride on a tiger...
Today in 1944, outside Rauray in Normandy, British tank crewmen of A Squadron, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, take a ride on a captured German Tiger. #OTD #SWW #WW2
Film: Peter Handford AFPU, IWM A70 59-6 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Today in 1944, outside Rauray in Normandy, British tank crewmen of A Squadron, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, take a ride on a captured German Tiger. #OTD #SWW #WW2
Film: Peter Handford AFPU, IWM A70 59-6 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Today in 1945, in Levern in Germany north-east of Osnabrück, troops of Nazi Germany's Volkssturm militia surrender to British troops of 11th Armoured Division. #WW2 #History
Film: Sergeant Palmer, IWM A70 291-1 #IWMcollections
Film: Sergeant Palmer, IWM A70 291-1 #IWMcollections
April 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today in 1945, in Levern in Germany north-east of Osnabrück, troops of Nazi Germany's Volkssturm militia surrender to British troops of 11th Armoured Division. #WW2 #History
Film: Sergeant Palmer, IWM A70 291-1 #IWMcollections
Film: Sergeant Palmer, IWM A70 291-1 #IWMcollections
Today in 1938, #HMSBelfast is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the war years to come, she will survive a mine strike, sink a German battleship, and fire some of the first shots of D-Day
Film: an excerpt from THE SECOND LAUNCH OF HMS BELFAST, produced for the HMS Belfast Trust. IWM MGH 1701
Film: an excerpt from THE SECOND LAUNCH OF HMS BELFAST, produced for the HMS Belfast Trust. IWM MGH 1701
March 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today in 1938, #HMSBelfast is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the war years to come, she will survive a mine strike, sink a German battleship, and fire some of the first shots of D-Day
Film: an excerpt from THE SECOND LAUNCH OF HMS BELFAST, produced for the HMS Belfast Trust. IWM MGH 1701
Film: an excerpt from THE SECOND LAUNCH OF HMS BELFAST, produced for the HMS Belfast Trust. IWM MGH 1701