Second World War

Russell Chamberlin introduces the commemorations to the anniversary of the start of Operation Overlord, sixty years ago this month.

Richard Wilkinson exposes prejudice and myth in assessing the career of a key figure in modern French history.

Robert Carr draws uncomfortable parallels between Christianity and Nazism.

To what extent did Christians support Hitler, and for what reasons?

Julian Reed-Purvis examines the origins and consequences of Nazi Euthanasia.

In the first of our new series of brief biographical sketches, Peter Neville defends Britain's ambassador in Berlin during the years before the Second World War.

Ian Thatcher argues that surface similarities between the regimes of Hitler and Stalin disguise deep-seated differences.

Gilbert Shama looks at the German research into penicillin during the Second World War.

David Welch looks at the dramatisation of Führerprinzip in the Nazi cinema, and how history films were used to propagate themes of anti-parliamentarianism and the concept of an individual leader of genius.

Michael Paris describes the film record of the North African victory, and how the footage represents a tour de force in terms of wartime documentary and national effort.