From World War to White Heat - the RAF in the Cold War FutureLearn

Overview

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.

Key facts:

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.

From World War to White Heat - the RAF in the Cold War at Royal Holloway, University of London by FutureLearn 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.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the RAF at the end of the Second World War.

• Assess the role of the RAF as it developed in the early Cold War years.

• Compare the RAF’s responsibilities with respect to Britain’s nuclear deterrent before and after 1968.

• Debate with educators and learners Britain’s motivation in holding a nuclear arsenal in the Cold War.

• Develop a knowledge of the Government’s strategy in procuring RAF aircraft from British industry.