Royal Holloway University of London - From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War
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From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 6 weeks
- Weekly study 5 hours
From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War at FutureLearn Course details
- This free online course is a collaboration between the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museums and the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. It will introduce you to some of the major turning points in the history of Britain in the post-1945 era.
- Guided by Dr Ross Mahoney, Aviation Historian, RAF Museum, and Dr Emmett Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in History, Royal Holloway, the course will examine:
- Finally, we will consider how the RAF has been remembered and memorialised through the Cold War and beyond, with the establishment of the RAF Museums at Hendon and Cosford, the National Cold War Exhibition, and the erection of statues and monuments after 1945.
- The course makes extensive use of material from the archives of the RAF Museum to illustrate the Cold War history of the RAF and was filmed on site at RAF Museum Hendon and Cosford.
From World War to White Heat: the RAF in the Cold War at FutureLearn Curriculum
The Early Cold War 1945-1953
Introduction
The RAF in 1945
The Relief of Germany and the Berlin Air Lift
Changing Technology
The Korean War
National Service
Quiz
Week 1 Conclusion
The RAF, the Empire, and a New Global Role
Introducton
The RAF in Germany before RAF Germany
The Suez Crisis
The RAF's Global Operations Beyond the NATO Central Front
A Diverse RAF?
The Falklands War
Quiz
Conclusions
The Independent British Nuclear Deterrent
Introduction
Britain's Nuclear Deterrent
The V-Force
Thor and Skybolt
Conclusions
Defending the Skies
Introduction
British Skies
?Home Front during the Cold War?
Intelligence Gathering
Week 4 Conclusions
Aspirations, Cancellations and a New Role
Introduction
From Sandys to TSR-2
From Strategic to Tactical
Gulf War I
Week 5 Conclusions
Honouring the RAF in the Cold War and After
Introduction
The RAF Museums
Memorials
Week 6 Conclusions
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