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History Resources 
Free Access to National Archives! 
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The entire Churchill Archive has been digitised and is now online and available free of charge to schools worldwide until 31 December 2020. Explore classroom resources here! 
Key questions in modern world history
Challenge questions, background information, sources, and notes for teachers all included. 
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What went wrong at Gallipoli in 1915?When the First World War broke out in July 1914 the general feeling was that it would be over by the end of that year. However, as 1914 turned into 1915 it was clear this wasn’t the case. On the Western Front in particular, the fighting had ground to a stalemate, and the casualties continued to rise.
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Did people agree with Churchill's stand on appeasement?The 1930s were a dark time in the world’s history. The worldwide economic depression caused widespread hardship and misery around the world. It also led to the rise of aggressive regimes in Japan, Italy and Germany.
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Why did the Allies find it hard to agree about a Second Front in the Second World War?During the Second World War in Europe the majority of the fighting took place on the Eastern Front, between Germany and her allies and the forces of the Soviet Union. Germany invaded the USSR in 1941 and a bitter struggle followed which ended in Berlin in 1945.
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