Second World War

Roger Moorhouse takes issue with the secular sainthood bestowed on Claus von Stauffenberg.

Clive Pearson assesses the Soviet dictator’s war record.

The head of Japan's Second World War government was executed on Dec 23rd, 1948

Tony Chafer examines the paradoxes and complexities that underlie belated recognition of the contribution of African soldiers to the liberation of France in 1944.

Robert Pearce investigates the career of the Third Reich’s ‘evil genius’.

Steve Morewood investigates Anthony Eden’s frenetic diplomatic efforts to forge a Balkan front to save Greece from Nazi Germany and the controversies that resulted from his failed mission.

The agreement permitting Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland was signed on 29 September 1938.

Mark Bryant examines the history of the Second World War’s favorite cartoon pin-up.

The two dictators met on May 3rd, 1938.

Martin Evans talks to Helen Dunmore, whose historical novels range from the worst horrors of twentieth-century warfare to the luxurious world of late Republican Rome.