Monday 28 September 2009

BBC WWII Archive

This is an archive by the BBC called People's War, it's a vast treasure trove of personal recollections and memories of every aspect of the war for the British people. People's histories are a very popular way of recounting the past, ensuring that we don't see history as the actions of 'great men' but the struggles of millions of largely anonymous people like us, it reminds us that history is made by the many not the few and that we can make it for good or for ill.

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