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WW2 - A Cornish Story (BBC Radio Cornwall Upload Series) by Museum of Cornish Life

WW2 - A Cornish Story (BBC Radio Cornwall Upload Series) by Museum of Cornish Life

Museum of Cornish Life

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Bodmin Keep throughout 2021 on a national project developed by the Imperial War Museum (IWM). This project will see both museums delivering a range of projects that uncover lesser-known stories about Cornwall in the Second World War.

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Listen to the last episode:

For the final episode in their series, the Digital Interns at Bodmin Keep and the Museum of Cornish Life are speaking on the fighting men who were mobilised in Cornwall during the war, at first to defend against an invasion of Britain, and later to mount an invasion of Europe.

Joseph shares his detailed research on the Cornwall Home Guard - the veteran volunteers and underage cadets who would have defended us from an enemy invasion had it taken place.

Charlotte discusses aspects of her project research on the 29th Infantry Division of the U.S Army - the American G.I.s who came to Cornwall to prepare for the invasion of Normandy to liberate the continent of Europe from Nazi oppression.

This podcast series is brought to you in partnership with Bodmin Keep as part of a national project developed by the Imperial War Museum (IWM). (Episode cover image courtesy of The Archives and Cornish Studies Service, Kresen Kernow [Ref No: corn01969]. Cornwall Home Guard cadets in training, 21 April 1942.