Second World War
(1939-45) The most widescale military conflict in the history of the world began as a European war when Germany invaded Poland. Germany, impoverished and humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles... read more |
Gordon Daniels on the sustained bombardement of the Japanese mainland, prior to the use of the Atomic bombs. |
Italian Fascist scouts meet a member of the Hitler Youth in Padua, October 1940: a picture explained by Roger Hudson. Published in History Today, Volume: 62 Issue: 1, 2012
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Carole Chapman argues that Britain’s refusal to play the role assigned to her by the Führer had a vital impact on Hitler’s strategy. Published in History Review, Issue: 71
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Richard Wilkinson charts the highs and lows of Winston Churchill in 1940-45. Published in History Review, Issue: 71
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Greg Carleton explains how disastrous defeats for the Soviet Union and the US in 1941 were transformed into positive national narratives by the two emerging superpowers. |
Taylor Downing tells the story of the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, where the RAF’s aerial photo interpreters played a critical role in Britain’s wartime struggle. |
Lindsay Pollick reviews changing interpretations. |
Operation 'Rutter' was launched on August 19th, 1942. Here, M.R.D. Foot reassesses views of the Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe. |
The Battle of Britain began on August 8th, 1940. Richard Overy looks behind the myth of a vulnerable island defended by a band of fighter pilots to give due credit to the courage of the civilian population. |
The 50th anniversary of the trial and execution of the Final Solution’s master bureaucrat has inspired a number of books, exhibitions and films. David Cesarani assesses their contribution to our understanding of both the event and the man. |
Richard Cavendish describes how Adolf Eichmann was captured in Argentina on May 11th, 1960. |
The Second World War formally ended on May 8th, 1945. Here, Adam Tooze examines the events in Germany that ignited the Second World War. Did Hitler intend to provoke a general war over Poland in September 1939? Published in Volume: 56 Issue: 11, 2006
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Roger Moorhouse revisits a perceptive article by John Erickson on the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, first published in History Today in 2001, its insights born of a brief period of Russian openness. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 3
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What was it like to grow up in Nazi Germany in a family quietly opposed to National Socialism? Giles Milton describes one boy’s experience. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 3
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Mary Heimann restores Czechoslovakia to its pivotal role in the Munich Crisis. |
What can the historian learn from writing fiction? Lisa Hilton, whose first novel is set in south-west France, discovered revelations about the area as well as her approach to interpreting the past. Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 12
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