Our records cover the history of the Second World War including the roles of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. Find out more about the Holocaust and life on the Home Front.
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Adolf Hitler
Was Hitler a 'passionate lunatic'?
Animals in the Archives
What jobs have animals done in times of war and peace?
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Archives Live: D-Day
Resource pack
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Belsen concentration camp 1945
What did the British find when they entered Belsen concentration camp?
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British Response to V1 and V2
How did Britain respond to the threat of attack by missiles in 1943?
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Capturing our Collections
Artworks inspired by documents found in The National Archives
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Caribbean history in photographs
What can these photographs tell us?
Codes and Secret Messages
What do the documents reveal about codes and secret messages?
Dear Herbert
What can personal documents reveal about people’s lives?
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Empire Windrush: Life for Migrants in the 1940s and 50s
What do these documents reveal about life for Caribbean migrants to Britain in the 1940s and 1950s?
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Evacuation to Canada
How much care was really taken?
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Evacuation to Shropshire
What happened to children who were sent away?
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From Outbreak to Archive: Tales of Public Health
What do the documents reveal about how government and society dealt with public health in the past?
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Gordon Ford’s story
What was it like to be an airman in the Second World War?
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Government posters
How did Britain encourage people at home to help win the war?
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Hitler assassination plan
How did the British plan to kill Hitler?
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Holding History
What is 'The National Archives'?
Holidays are Here!
What can our documents reveal about how families enjoyed summer holidays during the Second World War?
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Home Front 1939-1945 (part one)
How did Britain fight the war at home?
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Home Front 1939-1945 (part two)
How did Britain fight the war at home?
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Kindertransport
Saving refugee children?
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People – GCSE English Language
Using images for descriptive and narrative writing
Propaganda
How can art be used to convey a message?
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Propaganda: the art of persuasion
How did the British government encourage people to support the war?
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Significant Events
What happened then?
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Significant People
Who is who?
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Significant Women
What can documents tell us about significant women’s lives?
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The Chinese Civil War
Why did the fighting between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party happen?
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The Holocaust
What can British government documents tell us about what happened in the Holocaust?
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The Holocaust
Key documents from The National Archives
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The Home Front
How did people prepare for the war at home?
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Travel smart through time (SEND)
How and why have people travelled around in the past and how have they done it safely?
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Treasures
What 'treasures' are there at The National Archives?
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Unmasking a spy
Who was Karel Richter?
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Wartime Propaganda
How did Britain try to keep the support of West African peoples?
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What is history?
How do historians work out what happened in the past?
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Who was Noor Khan?
What can documents reveal about her role during the Second World War?