Military

John Erickson assesses the massive Soviet assault into Germany in the final year of the war and the price of liberation.

Robin Evans focuses on the role of the Basques during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.

Between February 13th and 15th, 1945, British and American bombers dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of bombs on the refugee-crammed city of Dresden. David Spark relates how an officer at the British Air Ministry tried to get the raids called off.

James Barker on ‘Bomber’ Harris, the RAF’s wartime bombing campaign of Germany, and propaganda.

Julie Rugg reports on recent research done into official attitudes towards burial during the Blitz.

Len Scales considers the complex role of martial skill in the development of national identity in the Middle Ages.

Mark Rathbone compares Gladstone's and Disraeli's differing approaches to a crucial foreign policy issue.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of December 9th, 1854.

Martin D. Brown tells the little-known story of how British and American soldiers disappeared in Slovakia’s Tatra Mountains during the remarkable episode of Slovakia’s National Uprising against its Nazi-supporting government during the Second World War.

The fatalist view of the Light Brigade’s charge towards the Russian guns at Balaclava is being challenged. They had their reasons why.