Second World War

Four historians consider the consequences of the ‘Day of Infamy’ on 7 December 1941, and whether it was the ultimate reason for Germany, Italy and Japan’s defeat.

Oradour-sur-Glane is now known as a memorial to a brutal massacre, but the lives of its inhabitants have been neglected.

The glittering career of Hella Pick, child refugee from Hitler’s Vienna and an exile in wartime Britain.

A visceral history of of American soldiers in Belgium, France and Italy, 1943-45.

Breaking into the masculine public sphere of the interwar years.

Understanding the immediacy and confusion of the Blitz.

In October 1943 the Allies liberated the area around the infamous volcano in the Bay of Naples. Its sudden eruption in March 1944, as war in Italy raged, stretched the resources of the combined services to the limit. What followed was an exemplary emergency operation.

Eighty years on from the height of the Battle of Britain, four historians confront the nature of this key episode in the Second World War.

The Polish volunteer who infiltrated Auschwitz.

A personal interpretation of France under two occupations, reissued as a Modern Classic.