Second World War

The Munich Conference

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

Spaces in the Past

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.

Normandy and Aftermath

John Keegan illustrates how the D-day landings marked the beginning of the end of Germany's grip over Europe.

French Appeasement

Andrew Boxer considers explanations for France’s disastrous foreign policy between the wars.

Hitler’s ‘Jewish Soldier’

Hitler’s armed forces included many thousands of men of Jewish origin. How did this come about, and what were their military experiences like? Josie Dunn and Roger Morgan have studied the letters sent home to Germany by Medical Orderly Kurt Herrmann, who was one of these men, an unusual and reluctant young soldier who was a part of the army that invaded Russia.