| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm We meet on the last Friday of the month in the Armadillo cinema. Please arrive from 09:45 to sign-in and order refreshments so that we can start promptly at 10:00. |
| Venue: | Armadillo Yate |
A Group for all those interested in the military, technical, social and political aspects of WW2.
Our Programme includes both internal and external speakers and visits to historic sites connected with WW2.
We meet monthly at The Armadillo Centre, Yate usually on the last Friday of the month at 10am.
To enquire please click on the Leader link above.
Forthcoming events
28th August 2026
As normal there will not be a WW2 History Group meeting in August.
25th September 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Peter Bryant will be delivering a talk entitled 'The Walls Have Ears'.
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 per person entry. Refreshments are available for an additional cost of £2.20 per person.
30th October 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Bob Wilson will be exploring the origins of World War 2
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 per person entry. Refreshments are available for an additional cost of £2.20 per person.
27th November 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Having previously spoken to the group about the battles of Sangshak and Imphal, Peter Burton returns to talk to us about the Battle of Kohima, in 1944.
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 per person entry. Refreshments are available for an additional cost of £2.20 per person.
The group have covered the following topics in 2025:
- Visits to RAF Museum at Hendon, Bletchley Park, RAF Museum Cosford, Royal Signals Museum in Blandford.
- Talks on:
- The Glider Pilot Regiment, the smallest and shortest-lived regiment of the British Army in WW2,
- Barbaossa,
- D-Day Build-up - an illustrated talk on the Logistic build-up to D-Day,
- The Battle of Sangshak 1944 (Burma Campaign),
- The Bristol Blitz,
- Celebrating VE-Day 80 with the Men's Shed Group,
- Mulberry Harbours (delivered to the HIstory and Social Studies 2 group),
- Stalingrad
- WW2 Movie Quiz