Studies in Depth: Modern World

Detail of a photograph showing the devastated town of Ypres and its Cloth Hall during world war one

British Tommy 1914-1918

Get first hand experience of the weapons used in trench warfare.
Discover the destructive effects of artillery and find out why conditions were so bad on the Western Front.
Explore mass production at home and investigate a munitions factory at Chilwell, Nottingham.

Second World War: 1939-1945

Investigate German re-armament and the use of slave labour.
Step inside a Royal Ordnance Factory to investigate the mass production of Sten guns and the role of women during the war.
Handle objects from the regular army and the Home Guard.

To Book

All sessions last 60 minutes, for a maximum number of 30 students.
Our sessions are £4 per student, with one adult free per ten students.

Tel: 0113 220 1888
Email: educate.leeds@armouries.org.uk

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Is newer better?

The last cast-iron British smoothbore cannon, the 68 pounder, was 8 inches (203 mm), the same calibre as the heaviest guns of King Henry VIII three hundred years earlier. Their performance was probably not very different either!