Holocaust Memorial Day in Britain
David Cesarani reflects on the past, present and future of education about genocide and bigotry.
Second World War
The Soviet Airforce Versus The Luftwaffe
A.D. Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism.
The Folly of ‘Unconditional Surrender’
Was the call for the ‘unconditional surrender’ of Germany, Italy, and Japan the most ruinous Allied policy of the Second World War?
From Non-Aggression Treaty to War: Documenting Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-41
Geoffrey Roberts explains the fateful sequence of events from the Nazi-Soviet Pact to Hitler's invasion of the USSR.
An Economy Geared to War
Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.
Joachim von Ribbentrop: 'The most brainless boy' in Hitler's class?
Richard Wilkinson considers the character and standing of the much-despised Nazi Foreign Minister.
Django, Jazz and the Nazis in Paris
John D. Pelzer shows the connections between jazz, youth and the German Occupation.
Robert Paxton: The Outsider
Martin Evans discusses how the historian Robert Paxton shifted the terms of debate over the collective memory of Vichy France.
Barbarossa June 1941: Who Attacked Whom?
John Erickson reviews the recent controversies surrounding Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.
Low and the Dictators
Timothy Benson assesses Hitler's irritated reaction to being lampooned by David Low of the Evening Standard.