VW: The People's Car
Michael Burleigh on the origins of Volkswagen.
Fascism
'...And Tomorrow the Whole World'
What would Europe (and Britain) have looked like if Hitler had won the war? Michael Burleigh unveils a fascinating, if chilling panorama of megalomaniac architecture and social engineering.
Oswald Mosley as Entrepreneur
When money for Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists began to dry up in the late 1930s, he turned to novel schemes for fund-raising. James and Patience Barnes recount the intriguing story.
Re-thinking Japan, 1937-45
Irrational chauvinists or fearful protectionists? Gordon Daniels looks at the new research and arguments reshaping our view of Japan's rulers before and after Pearl Harbour.
A Blueprint for World War? Hitler and the Hossbach Memorandum
Jonathan Wright and Paul Stafford examine the origins and significance of the document which has been claimed as the Fuhrer's premeditated masterplan for European domination.
The Road to a Popular Front
Helen Graham on the political coalitions in Spain in the 1930s and their role in blocking Fascism.
Barricades against Fascism: The Popular Front in Europe
Paul Preston and Helen Graham discuss the tension developing in the Europe of the 30s as the Left attempted to unite against the growth of Fascism and the bloody timetable of political collapse, uprisings and mutiny that transformed a half-successful coup d'etat into a protracted civil war.
Political Violence and the Nazi Seizure of Power
A ballot-box 'revolution' made Hitler Chancellor of Germany. But political violence was the stock-in-trade consolidating Nazi power piecemeal throughout 1933 against disorganised opponents.
Young People: For or Against the Nazis?
Not all young Germans were enthusiasts for Hitler Youth ideas - and some actively opposed them.
1933: Continuity or Break in German History
Ian Kershaw wonders whether there was one single path of German history leading inexorably to Nazism.