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5 June 2004

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ

NOTE: There are only four lectures during this study day to give readers time to explore the D-Day exhibition at the Imperial War Museum

09.30 Registration and coffee

10.15 D-Day, the 6th June 1944 Normandy Landings: Britain’s Day of Decision
Stephen Hart, Senior Lecturer with Special Responsibilities in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

11.15 Mobilising the People’s War: Popular Radio and Cinema in
Wartime Britain
James Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television History at The
Open University

12.15 LUNCH (NOT PROVIDED)

2.00 Mobilising the Language: Churchill at War
Piers Brendon, Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge

3.00 Living in Britain During Rationing
Marguerite Patten OBE, Food Historian and Author

4.00 Question Session followed by Refreshments

4.30 ENDS

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON
From April 2004 to May 2005

To mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a special temporary exhibition which will show the events of the day through the personal experiences of those who took part.
Includes secret briefing documents written by Eisenhower and Montgomery; sabotage equipment issued to SOE agents; water-stained maps and equipment used by soldiers who landed on the beaches; and some of the only surviving photographs taken by Robert Capa of the landings.

To find out more about what is happening at all five branches of the Imperial War Museum to commemorate this special anniversary please visit www.iwm.org.uk

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