SINCE THE END OF WWII, THE ROLE OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND HAS REMAINED HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL. MARCUS GIBSON ARGUES THAT INSTEAD OF A MURKY LEGACY, ITS FLIGHT CREWS DESERVE THANKS FOR STOPPING NAZI GERMANY

Railways gave criminals a vast pool of people from which to target victims - and at the same time offered a new, fast means of escape and a chance to remain anonymous. TONY STREETER and GEORGE DENT don their deerstalkers and head back in time…

VICTORIES, MYTHS, AND THE BERLIN BLOCKADE

I wonder how many of you watched a TV programme that dealt with the awful winter of 1947? It was fascinating for me to watch because it brought back so many memories of the dreadful time for my parent

With the ultimate weapon in his grasp, would Hitler have held Europe to ransom or reduced it to rubble?

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh