Fire from the sky

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

The devastating attack on Japan’s capital set a terrible new precedent for aerial mass destruction

THE SECOND WORLD WAR STILL PLAYS A MASSIVE role in our national mythology in Britain. But if I were to ask you: “Who was the fourth ally?” I imagine that most readers would have to think twice. The an

THE INSIDE STORY

On the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, Charles Harris looks back at the 14th Army’s extraordinary campaign and the remarkable characters who shaped it

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign