Second World War

David Williamson examines two seemingly irreconcilable schools of thought.

Valerie Holman describes the little-known role played by the cartoonist Kem in assisting the British propaganda effort aimed at Iran.

David Cesarani reflects on the past, present and future of education about genocide and bigotry.

A.D. Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism.

Was the call for the ‘unconditional surrender’ of Germany, Italy, and Japan the most ruinous Allied policy of the Second World War?

Geoffrey Roberts explains the fateful sequence of events from the Nazi-Soviet Pact to Hitler's invasion of the USSR. 

Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.

Richard Wilkinson considers the character and standing of the much-despised Nazi Foreign Minister.

John D. Pelzer shows the connections between jazz, youth and the German Occupation.

Martin Evans discusses how the historian Robert Paxton shifted the terms of debate over the collective memory of Vichy France.