Warfare in News

Posted on Monday 7th November

The Royal Air Force Museum have an online Book of Remembrance which visitors are invited to contribute to via the website .

Website users are given the opportunity to post an online memorial, including a photograph, commemorating the life of family member who was a former member of the Service.

When your message has been posted online by the Museum, it will be able to be viewed by visitors to this online exhibition. If you would like to upload a story but do not have a photograph, the museum will include a special 'RAF Poppy', as pictured.

Of further interest...

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ARMISTICE AND REMEMBRANCE DAY

Mon 14th November

A remembrance of those who gave their lives so we could live ours. Read article...

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Disabled Veterans remember the Fallen

Fri 18th November

Disabled veterans from The Royal Star & Garter Homes paid tribute to the Fallen at several Remembrance events, in the centenary year of the Battle of the Somme and the Charity’s own Centenary. Read article...

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Pilots of the Caribbean

Thu 17th April

A description of the RAF Museum London's latest exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' by curator Peter Devitt, delving into the stories of black volunteers across two World Wars. Read article...

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Wittmann versus Ekins

Wed 17th May

With the opening of the Tiger exhibition at the Tank Museum in Dorset it was inevitable that the discredited TV theory that tanks of the 27th Sherbrooke Fusiliers knocked out the German panzer ace Michael Wittmann would resurface somewhere. Read article...

Dates in History

World War II ends

14th August 1945

Japan agrees to surrender to the Allies. The decision, which brought an end to the most costly war in human history, came after a momentous week that saw two U.S. atomic bombs dropped on Japan and a declaration of war by the Soviets. In the evening, 1,000 Japanese army officers attacked the imperial palace with the intention of seizing a recorded message of Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender; the imperial guards repulsed them. The next day, Hirohito's speech, which asked his people to endure the unendurable, was played on national radio, and hundreds of millions of people around the world celebrated V-J Day - Victory over Japan.

Further Reading

Victory in the Pacific and the Far East
(Paperback - 160 pages)
by Andrew Rawson

By Spring 1945, while the war in Europe was coming to a close, in the Pacific there was no end to hostilities in sight. The Japanese, albeit retreating, defended every outpost and island with fanatical determination and all the indications were that Japan would have to be invaded at a… Read more at Pen & Sword...

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