Search results

We found 507 results matching ‘First World War’

Would you like to search our collections instead?

Filter your results

Content / Event aggregated field
A soldier from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment fights a boxer from Oxford University, 2009
Story
Stories
The Army has long believed that sport prepares men and women for combat by increasing fitness, channelling aggression and instilling discipline.
Female prisoners after their liberation, Belsen, April 1945
Story
Stories
As the British Army advanced into the heart of Nazi Germany in the spring of 1945, its soldiers were confronted with the full horrors of the Holocaust at the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Are we getting Remembrance right? An evening to remember at the National Army Museum
Press
Other
As the First World War centenary period draws to a close, the National Army Museum hosts its November 'museum late', asking the pertinent question: Are we getting Remembrance right?
Model of a London and North Eastern Railway engine, c1943
story
Stories
A British prisoner of war’s model train, painstakingly made from scraps of rubbish, sheds light on the experiences of soldiers incarcerated in Germany during the Second World War.
A Jewish refugee ship in Palestine, 1947
story
Stories
In the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-45), the British Army in Palestine confronted an escalating conflict between two rival nationalist movements – Jewish and Arab.
Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel operating anti-aircraft defences, c1940
Quiz
Learning resources
Put your knowledge of the Blitz to the test in this interactive quiz.
Audrey Chitty with Helen Pine at the ATS Training Depot, Sarafand, Palestine, Summer 1942
Story
Stories
Audrey Chitty was one of many women who stepped up to meet the challenges of the Second World War. She played a key role in establishing the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Middle East.
Battle of Lexington, 1775
Story
Stories
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous ‘shot heard ‘round the world’, marked the start of the American War of Independence.
Passing German prisoners of war when moving up to the Aller, Germany, April 1945
story
Stories
In the spring of 1945, Allied armies began their final advance into the heart of Nazi Germany. After weeks of intense fighting, they secured victory, ending the most destructive war in Europe's history.
Field Marshal Lord Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe, c1925
Story
Stories
General Sir Edmund Allenby led the British Empire to victory in the Middle East in 1918. He successfully pioneered the combined use of infantry, cavalry and aeroplanes at the Battle of Megiddo.
The Battle of El Alamein, 1942
story
Stories
Fought in October-November 1942, this was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign of the Second World War. The armies of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.
Members of the Coldstream Guards during an infantry exercise in Germany, c1977
Timeline
Learning resources
Explore the British Army’s role in the Cold War through this interactive timeline packed with over 100 sources.