Oral History

Great events are often recorded as a series of set piece actions by historians who can view them with the benefit of hindsight as a whole event with a beginning and an end. These oral histories view these events from the viewpoint of the individuals who were there. Drawn mostly from the achives of the Imperial War Museum and from interviews, these books offer snapshots of how the events unfolded for individuals without the benefit of the 'whole picture', and how life was for those who otherwise never got to tell their tale. Surprising revelations come to light in every chapter, revealed by men and women with no 'axe to grind' and no glory to harvest. 

Highly recommended reading for all of us who think that we know how it was!

Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

In 1972 a team of Academics and archivists from the Imperial War Museum set about the momentous task of tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern..

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Forgotten Voices Of The Somme

Forgotten Voices Of The Somme

1916. The Somme. With over a million casualties, it is a battle that even now remains seared into the national consciousness. Its first day, July 1st 1916, is the bloodiest day in the history of the B..

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Forgotten Voices - Dunkirk

Forgotten Voices - Dunkirk

It could have been one of the biggest military disasters of the Second World War, but against all odds the British Army was successfully evacuated. When German troops first invaded Holland, Luxembourg..

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Forgotten Voices - Victoria Cross

Forgotten Voices - Victoria Cross

"It wasn’t until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard he’d actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out... Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at ..

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Forgotten Voices of Burma by Julian Thompson

Forgotten Voices of Burma by Julian Thompson

From the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II – the Burma Campaign. In 1941 the allies fought in a disastrous re..

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Forgotten Voices of D-Day by Roderick Bailey

Forgotten Voices of D-Day by Roderick Bailey

6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the English Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied north-west Europe. Initiated by parachute and glider units and covered by air and naval b..

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Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War by Max Arthur

Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War by Max Arthur

Max Arthur has again gone deep into the Imperial war Museum Sound Archive to create this landmark oral history of the most devastating conflict the world has ever seen, The Second World War. The Sound..

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Forgotten Voices of the Secret War by Roderick Bailey

Forgotten Voices of the Secret War by Roderick Bailey

The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British Organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines in Winston Churchill’s ..

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