The Second World War Experience Centre is a UK charity collecting, conserving & making available the personal stories of those who lived through WWII
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Anti-aircraft gun being wheeled into position at Roberts Barracks, Changi, Singapore. 11 HAA Bty, 3 HAA Regt. Sgt Hunter of Leeds in foreground.
#WW2 #singapore #changi #antiaircraft #gun #artillery #Leeds
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Escaping Malaya in WW2 - Sister Thelma Bell of 2/10th Australian General Hospital.
youtu.be/lW_zhmQudsw?si=23gz… via @YouTube
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Commando training WW2 - Major James Dunning youtu.be/Pb3IxEgdIag?si=pHru… via @YouTube
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Chindits - veteran Albert Hodge of King's Liverpool Regiment youtu.be/Rzz-mIvqYfE?si=7MXq… via @YouTube
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David Westheimer from Houston served with 98 Bombardment Group. Shot down on his 29th mission on 11 Dec 42. Post-war, his best-selling WW2 adventure book Von Ryan’s Express was made into a film starring Frank Sinatra.
#ww2 #USAAF #navigator #author #houston #texas #Eisenhower
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Norwegian Resistance.
Odd Westeng (left) with 2 friends with their hideout in enemy-occupied Norway. They were part of an escape route for those on the run from the Gestapo, guiding them across the mountains to the safety of Sweden.
#WW2 #norway #norweigan #resistance
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Bah humbug at Changi gaol, Singapore.
From Iris Parfitt to Bill Clark, both civilian internees at Changi.
#WW2 #Singapore #changi #fepow #Christmas #card #art
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1942 child's story book about a boy from London evacuated to the country.
We have the accounts of 100s of child evacuees in the Archive.
#ww2 #homefront #evacuation #evacuee #children #book #childrensbook
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