Was 1940 really like this?

[Park82]

Here at the RAF Benevolent Fund we’ve recently launched a campaign to bring the Battle of Britain alive for a new generation.

 

www.1940chronicle.com is a new online 1940s style newspaper which breaks daily news of Britain at war from the same day 70 years ago, as though it’s happening in real time.

 

Interwoven with this are the stories of five fictional but historically accurate characters: a Hurricane Pilot, a Radar Operator, a Plane Mechanic, a Nurse and a Journalist. Their personal accounts of the Battle unfold in real time against the backdrop of the war through a series of blogs.

 

We would really like to know what HMVF readers think of this site. Is it historically accurate enough? Do the characters ring true? Please visit, explore and give us any comments you have here on the forum.

[Joris]

What I've seen so far looks good to me.

[Park82]

Thanks Joris, really pleased you like it.

What I've seen so far looks good to me.

[Enigma]

It looks good to me too.

Gives a authentic look with the discolouration of the newspaper.

[Joris]

So the Dutch had their say, I wonder what the Limeys think of it

[N.O.S.]

Just had a very brief reccy inside - a lot of effort seems to have gone into this project. Even to the extent of Twitter pages for each fictional character!

 

Hope it is succesful in attracting the target audience.

[Park82]

Thanks a lot everyone for your comments, it's been great to get such positive feedback.

 

In today's Chroncile there's an interesting side article about American claims of a British Secret Weapon against the luftwaffe. Has anyone ever heard of this?

 

http://www.1940chronicle.com/

[Joris]

So what do the Brits think of this? Or in other words, why are the Brits ignoring this?

[Park82]

www.1940chronicle.com will soon have real video footage from 1940 to accompany some of its news stories. Do keep visiting and share your thoughts on this forum

Thanks a lot

[Park82]

Hi everyone,

 

To mark Battle of Britain day we're giving people the opportunity to write a thankyou message to the RAF on the 1940chronicle site -

 

Visit http://www.1940chronicle.com/day-of-action/ to write your message - see right hand side of the page: 'Show them we are proud'.

 

The site will be open until Monday 20th.

 

Thanks!

[schliesser92]

Thanks a lot everyone for your comments, it's been great to get such positive feedback.

 

In today's Chroncile there's an interesting side article about American claims of a British Secret Weapon against the luftwaffe. Has anyone ever heard of this?

 

http://www.1940chronicle.com/

 

 

probably referring to radar.