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Hundreds of places that show all aspects of how the war changed life in Britain. Browse by theme.

  • Wartime pioneers and innovation

  • How war transformed the status and role of women

  • Over 250,000 Belgians fled to Britain after German's invasion of Belgium

  • How Britain delivered a fighting force

  • How the war played out in British waters

  • Zeppelin raids brought terror and destruction across the country.

  • Bombing raids and aviation heroes

  • Refugees, internment, training and protest

  • Dogs, horses and mules all did their bit.

  • The production boom that fuelled the frontine

  • How the tank clanked it way into wartime notoriety.

  • ANZACs and Commonwealth soldiers that fought for the Allied cause

  • War as an inspiration for art, music and journalism

  • Nursing, medical pioneers and hospitals

  • Hundreds of thousands of the UK's horses headed to the Front

  • Memorials and commemoration of wartime lives

  • Life in the towns, cities and countryside

  • Resistance, riots & conscientious objectors

  • The rise of women's football & the fallen sporting heroes

  • Women who forced the pace of change

  • Cordite, mapping, tungsten - the incredible wartime inventions

  • Rationing, allotments & wartime drinking

  • People who drove the wartime breakthroughs

  • Original WW1 footage, slideshows & video

  • The chequered experiences of the wartime youngsters

  • The individuals who made a stand against conscription