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

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EDUCATE, COMMEMORATE and INSPIRE

 

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AJEX parade, Whitehall and Cenotaph
AJEX parade, Whitehall and Cenotaph

benefit from a mutually rewarding relationship with AJEX and in particular with their archivist, Martin Sugarman. Dan

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SECRET WW2 annual conference
SECRET WW2 annual conference

– EARLY YEARS, a short introduction, outlining Andrée’s childhood and hobbies, presented by Paul...

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Armistice Day French ceremony
Armistice Day French ceremony

service afterwards, at the Memorial to the Missing...

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Events

How to learn of our upcoming events
How to learn of our upcoming events
  • October 15, 2025
  • 00:00
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
CRANLEIGH AND THE SECRET WAR – EXHIBITION TO 4TH MAY 2024
CRANLEIGH AND THE SECRET WAR – EXHIBITION TO 4TH MAY 2024
  • April 23, 2024
  • 10:00
  • Cranleigh Arts, Surrey

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On VE Day, we commemorate the end of the war in Europe and the incredible work carried out in secret at Bletchley Park.

If you could ask a Bletchley Park codebreaker one question about their wartime experience, what would it be?

Pictured: A photograph of a group of WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) personnel from Bletchley Park who travelled to Trafalgar Square on VE Day to celebrate. On VE Day, many Veterans and civilians travelled to London to celebrate the end of the war in Europe, in addition to the celebrations nationwide.

#BletchleyPark #VEDay
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Ortiz's War | Book Trailer Ortiz's War | Book Trailer
The first episode of a series - https://youtu.be/kYSuIn_76Xk/
Bletchley Park Bletchley Park
Plan B … stick to WhatsApp for encrypted messages … https://www.bonhams.com/auction/32384/preview-lot/6131971/a-rare-3-rotor-heimsoeth-and-rinke-enigma-i-cipher-machine-german-circa-1941/
Bonhams : A Rare 3-rotor Heimsoeth & Rinke Enigma I Cipher Machine, German, circa 1941, Bonhams : A Rare 3-rotor Heimsoeth & Rinke Enigma I Cipher Machine, German, circa 1941,
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? is the children’s SOE novel by the late Anne de Cintra which Secret WW2 helped her husband Tim launch almost ten years ago Dr Andrew Smith, who's about to give a talk at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, has let us know his nine year old daughter has not only just enjoyed reading CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?…. she's even written a review!
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/