The Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire. Today the museum gives its mission as "to enable people to have an informed understanding of modern war and its impact on individuals and society".
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Book editions published:
- Tracing Your Family History ,
- Second World War posters ,
- Eric Ravilious: imagined realities ,
- War Women in Britain ,
- Charles Sergeant Jagger ,
- Entertaining Eric: letters from the home front, 1941-44 ,
- Cabinet War Rooms ,
- To the Battle of the Falklands, December 1914 ,
- Handbook of the Russian Army, 1940 ,
- Moses: a Play (Arts and Literature Series)
