The Sadler’s Wells Ballet and the Phoney War

On the 3rd September 1939, the United Kingdom and France officially declared war on Nazi Germany. Two days earlier, Nazi Germany had invaded Poland. This would begin the start of the Second World War, the deadliest military conflict in history. 900 miles away from Warsaw, a ballet company was disembarking from a train, which had … Continue reading The Sadler’s Wells Ballet and the Phoney War