The Their Past Your Future programme (TPYF) at the Imperial War Museum
(2004-2010) has now closed. This website is an archive of the project’s
website serving as a record of activities throughout its lifetime, and
will not be updated beyond January 2010. If you have any questions
regarding the TPYF programme please contact the Imperial War Museum
through info@iwm.org.uk quoting
"Their Past You Future" in the subject heading.
To access the new TPYF/IWM website for teachers, featuring a range of
exciting teaching ideas, resources and source material to explore the
impact of conflict from the First World War to today, please go to
www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk.
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What do these everyday objects have to do with the Second World War?
Click on the icons below to find out
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How could magic help the British Armed Forces to win the war?
Jasper Maskelyne, a famous magician before the war, created deceptions and camouflage on a grand scale for British Military Intelligence. Maskelyne used mirrors and searchlights to ‘hide’ the Suez Canal. His ‘blinding curtain of light’ kept the canal safe from German bombers and protected the Allies’ vital supply route to the Middle East. Maskelyne also ‘hid’ Alexandria in Egypt, disguised lorries as tanks and made escape kits for POWs. Many of Maskelyne’s techniques are still being used in warfare today. | |
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