History Today

Hitler's British Lair

In the event of a successful Nazi invasion of Britian, Adolf Hitler proposed rural Shropshire as his headquarters. Roger Moorhouse explores why he would have chosen such a location.

Cromwell at Worcester

Keith Feiling suggests that the Battle of Worcester holds central importance, not only in the unique character of the Lord Protector, but for the history of Britain itself.

Marshal Blücher

Erich Eyck looks at the battles fought - and won - by Napoleon's Prussian nemisis.