| Outbreak 1939 |
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At 11.15am on the 3rd September 1939, the British public heard Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announce that  Britain and France were at war with Germany.
Seventy years after the announcement that signified the start of the Second World War and changed the lives of millions, a special free exhibition at the Imperial War Museum explores how being a nation at war shaped the lives of ordinary men and women as well as those who were actively involved in the political negotiations and their aftermath. Historical material and personal memorabilia will illustrate the build-up to war, an hour-by-hour countdown of events on 3 September, and the early months of the conflict. The exhibition is in association with the ITV1 documentary of the same name, to be screened in September 2009. “I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be better than light, and safer than a known way.’” King George VI quoting a poem by Louise Haskins in his Christmas 1939 radio broadcast. Outbreak 1939 at Imperial War Museum London runs until 31st December 2009. Visit: www.iwm.org.uk/wardeclared for more details. |
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