{"id":97150,"date":"2025-08-15T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=97150"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:22:43","slug":"the-pen-that-ended-wwii-inside-field-marshal-slims-hidden-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/15\/the-pen-that-ended-wwii-inside-field-marshal-slims-hidden-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The pen that ended WWII: Inside Field Marshal Slim&#8217;s hidden collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fs5JCqrauL0?si=4cAA6b0qOoc1A-2P\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>BFBS Forces News<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of VJ Day &mdash; go behind the scenes for a rare glimpse into the private collection of Field Marshal Slim&#8217;s wartime artefacts.<\/p>\n<p>In this exclusive film, Tim Cooper visits Viscount Slim \u2014 grandson of the legendary Second World War commander \u2014 for an intimate look at a treasure trove of historical items. From a razor-sharp Japanese sword surrendered in 1945, to the pen that signed peace, and even the stark telegram announcing Britain\u2019s entry into war, each item tells a powerful story.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>#VJDay #WWII #FieldMarshalSlim #WarArtefacts #BehindTheScenes #MilitaryHistory #VJDay <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Forces News: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OraazC\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OraazC<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forcesnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.forcesnews.com<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkd5SWd0ZV9YZWZXZ0VqeG9GNVRMR2NtTFdqUXxBQ3Jtc0trRllpUWlmdVZfdkNpb1dVenE1QjZIZnY0MTgxZjNvNGJNU3pyVUJiZmE1cGswM1VadVM2anMwVWV2UldjeHUzWm0takNjUlBiUnB2WmNhSTlsUXZJYVY4WEVUc21mUExCcU5LNXdpVUJtajRlUGQ5MA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fforcesnews%2F%3Fhl%3Den&#038;v=Fs5JCqrauL0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/forcesnews\/&#8230;<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BFBS Forces News Published 14 Aug 2025 Ahead of VJ Day &mdash; go behind the scenes for a rare glimpse into the private collection of Field Marshal Slim&#8217;s wartime artefacts. In this exclusive film, Tim Cooper visits Viscount Slim \u2014 grandson of the legendary Second World War commander \u2014 for an intimate look at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,5,230],"tags":[1478,884],"class_list":["post-97150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-history","category-military","category-ww2","tag-billslim","tag-burma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-pgW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97151,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97150\/revisions\/97151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}