The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) No. 1156796

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This is the website for The Secret WW2 Learning Network – the UK registered educational charity with the mission to

EDUCATE, COMMEMORATE and INSPIRE

 

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Events

Unveiling of information board commemorating SOE’s Special Training School (STS 3) in Liss, Hampshire
Unveiling of information board commemorating SOE’s Special Training School (STS 3) in Liss, Hampshire
  • June 22, 2024
  • 10:30
  • Riverside Walk, Liss, Hampshire - by the railway station.
Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel 
Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel 
  • June 18, 2024
  • 10:30
  • De Gaulle statue, Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA.
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
  • May 6, 2024
  • 11:00
  • F Section Memorial, Carr Bénévent,
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
  • May 5, 2024
  • 16:00
  • Quai de l'Île Marin, Romorantin-Lanthenay

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“A Highland house where ‘troublesome’ secret agents were kept busy during World War Two has been put up for sale …”
Lochaber's Inverlair Lodge: World War Two secret agents' house put up for sale Lochaber's Inverlair Lodge: World War Two secret agents' house put up for sale
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“As part of its plans to bring the Kingsway Exchange Tunnels to the public, London Tunnels will collaborate with the Museum of Military Intelligence to showcase original artefacts, equipment, weapons and documents …”
Military intelligence show to be housed in London Blitz tunnels Military intelligence show to be housed in London Blitz tunnels
‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ is long and tough viewing, but well worth watching - it features interviews with SOE’s Denis Rake and Maurice Buckmaster, French resisters, plus British and French politicians. “His films ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’ and ‘Hôtel Terminus’ confronted wrenching questions not only about Nazi collaboration, but also the role of memory, conscience and free choice …”
Marcel Ophuls, documentary filmmaker of vital moral dramas, dies at 97 Marcel Ophuls, documentary filmmaker of vital moral dramas, dies at 97
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/