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World War II
The Blitz was the sustained strategic bombing of Britain and Northern Ireland by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941, during the Second World War. The city of London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for consecutive nights and many towns and cities across the country followed. More than one million London houses were destroyed or damaged, and more than 40,000 civilians were killed, half of them in London.
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Air Raid Shelter SignsThere are several signs from the Second World War located in the Lord North Street in Westminster. They refer to underground shelters. See more...
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Anne FrankA Tree planted by the British Library commemorates Anne Frank and all the children killed in wars and conflict in this century.
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Battle of BritainThe Battle of Britain Monument in London is a superb monument to The Few - commemorating those people who took part in this vital battle of the Second World War.
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Bomb Damage Rockefeller BuildingAt the entrance of the Rockefeller Building, clumsily repaired damage is visible from the German bombardments on London during the Second World War.
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Bomb Damaged Sign
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Bomber Command War MemorialA major public Memorial to commemorate the tragic loss of 55,573 young Bomber Command airmen in the Second World War in Green Park, London. London owes its safety during World War II, in part, to the men of RAF Bomber Command. See more...
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Church Bromley St Leonard RemainsThe church of Bromley St Leonard was destroyed by a German airstrike during World War II. The remains were kept as a memorial.
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Free for everyone - Monuments & Statues - An Egyptian in London - World War II
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Cleopathra's NeedleThe Needle was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan. It was damaged in World War II, by German Air raids, the damage can be seen at the base of sphinx and on the body of sphinx. There is a Plaque fixed to the base. See more...
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Free for everyone - An American in London - World War II
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Edward R. Murrow (Blue Plaque)
Born in 1908, he was a renowned figure in the history of American broadcast journalism, making more than 5,000 broadcasts. He lived in Weymouth House from 1938 to 1946, while European director for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). Murrow reported from London at the height of the Blitz, would begin with his "This is London" call sign.
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Emergency Water Supply Sign on Peckham RoadOn this wall is a faded sign from the Second World war which refers to an emergency water supply.
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Fence of StretcherbedsThis fence is made of reclycled stretcherbeds from air raid shelters. During the Second World War, people were able to sleep in the shelters.
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Free for everyone - A Frenchman in London - World War II
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Free French Naval Forces PlaqueIn World War II, the headquarters Free French Naval Forces was housed in this building, Stafford Mansions.
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Hiroshima Tree
A Cherry Tree was planted August 6, 1967 in memory of the people who lost their lives to the Atomic Bomb.
"Planted in memory of the victins of Hiroshima by the worshipful major of Camden councillor Mrs. Millie Miller JP." On each anniversary (6 August), a ceremony is held at approxmiatley 1.00 to remember the victims of both atomic bombs dropped on Japan. map |
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Holocaust Memorial at the Liberal Jewish SynagogueA memorial inside the Liberal Jewish Synagogue commemorates the victims of the Holocaust.
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Memorial St. Paul's CathedralThis memorial at St. Paul's Cathedral commemorates the victims of the Blitz in the Second World War.
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New Zealand War MemorialThe New Zealand War Memorial is a war memorial to the war dead of New Zealand in the First and Second World Wars at Hyde Park Corner. See more...
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Free for everyone - A Pole in London - World War II
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Sikorski MuseumNamed after General Wladyslaw Sikorski, a war hero and leader of the Polish government-in-exile, this museum was set up to document the social and military history of Poland. See more...
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Free for everyone - Shakespeare's London - Historic Pubs - Weird, Spooky or Bizarre - World Word II
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The Shakespeare's HeadThe sign outside the pub claims the inn was established on the site in 1735 and was named after the owners, Thomas and John Shakespeare, who claimed to be distant relations of William. Nothing of the original establishment remains (the building which stands today is late nineteenth-century) there are serious doubts over whether it has any connection even with Shakespeare’s descendants. A model of Shakespeare can be seen hanging out of the window. The sign outside also claims the bust lost a hand in World War II when a bomb dropped nearby. While the model definitely has one hand, it's not proven if it's a result from the blitz.
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The Yanks are coming TrailThis trail in Bushy Park takes you around the site of the vast American air force base that was set up in Bushy Park during World War Two. See more...
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Wiener Library
The world’s oldest establishment dedicated to collecting information about the Holocaust. See more...
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Winston Churchill at Parliament Square
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Imperial War MuseumThe Imperial War Museum, the multi-branch national museum of war and wartime life from the First World War, through the Second World War, to the present. See More...
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Inns of Court and City Yeomanry MuseumA small collection housed in a classical George III building (dating from 1774) in Lincoln's Inn records the most unusual history of the Regiment and its predecessor units going back to 1584 when the members, all lawyers, were formed to defend London against the threat of a Spanish invasion. See more...
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Freud MuseumThis was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved as it was in his lifetime. It contains his working library, his desk and the famous couch. See More...
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Churchill War Rooms
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The Estorick CollectionThe Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is the United Kingdom's only gallery devoted to modern Italian art. The Estorick Collection was founded by American sociologist and writer Eric Estorick (1913-93), who began to collect art when he moved to England after the Second World War.
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Winston Churchill's
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