Nazism in the Classroom
In the first of our mini-series on the Nazis and social culture, Lisa Pine looks at how lessons in the classroom were perverted in the service of the Third Reich.
In the first of our mini-series on the Nazis and social culture, Lisa Pine looks at how lessons in the classroom were perverted in the service of the Third Reich.
Dresden was carpet-bombed by the allied forces over two nights in February 1945. Anthony Clayton on how the aftermath of war has tested belief in the city.
Christopher Ray argues that Hitler's high-profile plan for invading Britain was a blind: his main intention was to fool Stalin into believing he was safe.
Tony Corfield offers a provocative new interpretation of the events that brought Churchill to power in the spring of 1940.
Gerd Horten on how 'soaps' helped win the war after Pearl Harbor.
Clive Coultass recounts tales of derring-do and chivalry in the making of this Second World War naval epic
David Welch attributes the Nazi leader's electoral success to much more than slick propaganda.
Alonzo Hamby considers Harry Truman's First World War experiences and explores the dilemmas that influenced his decision to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Half-way to the concentration camps? Lisa Pine uncovers a little-known project from 1930s Germany used as a last-chance option for 'asocials' who fell foul of the Nazi regime.
Peter Heehs looks at the Indian army who threw in their lot against the Raj and with the Japanese in the Second World War.