Muslims in Hitler's War
The Nazis believed that Islamic forces would prove crucial wartime allies. But, as David Motadel shows, the Muslim world was unwilling to be swayed by the Third Reich's advances.
Second World War
HMS Glorious: History of a Sinking and a Controversy
On 8 June 1940, British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was sunk. Philip Weir revisits the controversy surrounding the mysterious events of that fateful day.
Saved From Dunkirk
Roger Hudson detailes how 122,000 French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to Britain in May 1940.
‘Bugsy’ Siegel and the plot to assassinate Göring
Larry Gragg investigates the evidence behind ‘Bugsy’ Siegel’s claim that he planned to kill the high-ranking Nazi in 1939.
The Battle for Britain
Andrew Stewart investigates the forgotten role of those ‘ideal soldiers of democracy’, troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, who arrived to defend Britain from invasion.
Belsen: Seventy Years On
A report from the Imperial War Museum's seminar on the anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen camp in April 1945.
Night Will Fall
After 70 years, a visual record of the liberation of Belsen has been restored.
Their Back Pages
Second-hand books don’t just tell the stories of their authors but of their former owners, too.
The Liberation of Paris
In the summer of 1944, when Paris was to be liberated, and how, became for the Western allies a problem not only of military but of deep political significance.