These are some pictures I took during a visit in the
summer of 2005, when the UK government was commemmorating
the 60th anniversary of the end of the war.
There was a large collection of exhibits set up in
St James Park.
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A radio used in the Burma theatre
(as shown on map behind),
the same radio used by the
Normandy Pathfinders.
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A radio used in the Burma theatre
(as shown on map behind),
the same radio used by the
Normandy Pathfinders.
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HF receiver, type P.C.R. 2,
made by Pye Ltd, UK
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A spy radio, weighing 16 kg and
filling a suitcase!
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NRO HF receiver, type HRO-M,
used by Montgomery's signal staff
at Luneburg Heath, Germany.
This was the radio
on which the official German surrender
message was received!
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British Type X cipher machine
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