The Battle of Normandy, 1944
The Allies agreed that the establishment of a second front in north-west Europe was essential to defeat Germany. The Soviets...
06/06/2014
WWII
Inside the Third Reich
For German families living under the threat of mass bombing, many experiences of everyday living were similar to those known...
15/01/2014
Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer in the Auschwitz
Wilhelm Brasse, the man responsible for innumerable photographs of prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp, died on Tuesday 23 October...
29/10/2012
Book Review: Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War by Gillian Mawson
Author: Gillian Mawson Publisher: The History Press Ltd Reviewed by: the author Price (RRP): £14.99 Publication Date: 1 Nov 2012...
16/10/2012
Spanish volunteers for Nazi Germany: The Blue Division
On the beginning of World War II Franco’s Spain just went through the civil war that lasted long enough to...
29/05/2012
World War II: Aftermath Facts
The cost of World War II is uncalculable in human or financial terms. estimates indicate that about 55 million people...
20/05/2012
On This Day: Victory Day in Europe
On 8th of May 1945, Germany officially ceased military operations, ending the European conflict of World War II and prompting...
08/05/2012
Book Review: The Legacy of the Italian Resistance by Philip Cooke
The Legacy of the Italian Resistance Philip Cooke Palgrave Macmillan 263pp £52.25 Between 1943 and 1945 thousands of Italian men...
18/04/2012
Hitler’s bloody swastika
The Blutfahne or Blood Flag was one of the most sacred relics of nazi Germany. Originally the banner of the...
23/03/2012
General Masaharu Homma and Manila, the open city
The day after Christmas 1941, when his forces left, US Army General Douglas MacArthur had declared Manila an open city...
10/01/2012