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In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco

AN EXAMPLE OF DEEP LAYERED, CO-ORDINATED DEFENCE IN PLACE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1940

During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders