We are now preparing our Online Archive for release on 6th June 2024 - the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

From now until we go live, we will treat you to examples of the varied #WW2 stories you can expect to find in our collection - stories submitted by you, the Public!

Quick stop Museum of London between London Marathon watching. Must be a decade since I was last at the Docklands site! Nice to see a Consol Shelter as used by ARP & others in WW2.

Supporting family friends running in TCS London Marathon . Some great costumes & charities being represented. Nice to see Birkbeck, University of London alum Romesh taking part too! #RomeshRanganathan #LondonMarathon

Ramsgate - looking to the Harbour. royalharbourfestival #PostboxSaturday

This may well be worth a read. Sir Patrick Duffy at 103 years old published his life story. Oldest former MP. Quite a varied career from Fleet Air Arm pilot in WW2 to MP for Sheffield Attercliffe. Navy Wings Fly Navy Heritage bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Amazing! I was not aware of this part of Robert Runcie’s life. I suspect there were a whole generation of Clergymen who were decorated in this way. Although not many with an MC especially the AB of C, MC! William Whyte Marcus Walker

The small but perfectly formed Spitfire Museum also on the former RAF Manston site. Some great artefacts there on what was a former Battle of Britain airfield. #Spitfire #Hurricane

Pit stop at the absorbing RAF Manston Museum at the former RAF Manston Airfield. Great to see a SAR Wessex as well as lots of WW1 & WW2 items.

Ramsgate & the Little Ships. ‘Brown Owl’ in the harbour & great displays in The Little Ships Cafe. I hope the regeneration work in Ramsgate brings more of this history to life. Little Ships Restaurant & Cafe Dunkirk Little Ships Dr Phil Weir #Dunkirk #LittleShips #Ramsgate

First World War reflections around Canterbury Cathedral - War Horse & a ‘Buffs’ memorial. #WarHorse #WW1

Broadstairs. Looking out to the Channel. #PostboxSaturday #Broadstairs

The impressive Battle of Britain Memorial The Battle of Britain Memorial near Folkestone. Pity this visibility wasn’t great today! #Kent #BattleofBritain #Hurricane

⏰ Only 5 days left to apply for the NATO Youth Summit challenge!

📩 Join the challenge and share your thoughts on how you are contributing to shaping a secure future.

🏆 The winners will receive a sponsored seat at the #NATO Youth Summit in Miami or Stockholm

Our Online Archive is now closed to submissions!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to/promoted our project. With your help we collected over *25,000* files, all of which you'll be able to access from 6 June.

Until then, stay tuned for regular sneak peeks into the archive...

If you haven’t uploaded a story or picture please do so! It closes tonight. Look forward to seeing this online archive when it’s completed!

I have been fortunate to visit NATO HQ many times on delegations & also attend the Istanbul Summit in 2004. I was also part of a group who met then NATO Sec-Gen, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer in Brussels. All the best on its 75th Birthday yesterday! #NATO 75 #NATO

Even if DC isn’t your cup of tea - this is a fantastically clear explanation of the NATO FM Meeting & what should happen next. #NATO #Ukraine

This is such an amazing project. Do contribute while you still can. I have given quite a bit of family material in recent months.

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