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Secret WW2
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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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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Events
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- October 15, 2025
- 00:00
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
- May 5, 2024
- 16:00
- Quai de l'Île Marin, Romorantin-Lanthenay
CRANLEIGH AND THE SECRET WAR – EXHIBITION TO 4TH MAY 2024
- April 23, 2024
- 10:00
- Cranleigh Arts, Surrey
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June 4, 2026
D-DAY 82: WATCH THE LIVE STREAM
The British Normandy Memorial's Service of Remembrance will take place this Saturday, marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
The service will be attended by a small group of Normandy and Second World War Veterans, Lord Richard Dannatt (Chairman of the Trust), Sir Thomas Drew (British Ambassador to France) and Lord Coaker (whose Uncle is named on the Memorial), plus other dignitaries.
French schoolchildren will take part, alongside Youth Ambassador Alexander Churchill (Sir Winston Churchill's great-great-grandson).
You can watch the service LIVE at 9.30am BST (10.30am French time) on Saturday 6th June.
Set up a notification via the Memorial's YouTube page or simply visit the Memorial website on Saturday morning to join the live stream -
June 3, 2026
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June 3, 2026
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May 30, 2026
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May 23, 2026
“The abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe in Crete took place on the night of 26 April 1944. It was a joint operation by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Cretan Resistance, dealing a major blow to the prestige of the occupying forces. Among those who took part was Efstratios Savolakis, a relative of Mr Manatakis …”
May 23, 2026
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