The National Archives of the United Kingdom launches innovative new website on World War Two
In its tenth year, Learning Curve, The National Archives award-winning education website has launched 'World War II', an innovative, interactive site for Key Stage 3 & 4 History students and anyone with an interest in the Second World War.
You can learn about the plan by British Intelligence agencies to
produce the Himmler stamp to make the Germans think that Heinrich
Himmler was trying to overthrow Adolf Hitler. Students can study the
advice given about disguise from the special training programme used at
the training schools for British agents. You can also discover the
truth about ´Operation Mincemeat´ and actually hear from some of the
people there at the time.
Supporting the National Curriculum's requirements that history students
use archives and museums as well as technology in their studies, 'World
War II' features the six theatres of war and within each a number of
investigations, making up twenty in all. It features a range of sources
from The National Archives that only a few researchers have ever seen,
for example a personal and confidential telegram from Stalin to
Churchill, never previously published online. History was never so much
more fun or inspiring.
