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By 1945 it had long been clear that Nazi Germany had lost
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
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
When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors
At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare
LECHFELD, BAVARIA 10-12 AUGUST 955
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
