Victory ‘45

Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

Simon Fowler The History Press, 276 pages, £20 With this year seeing the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and the prospect of the digitisation of most service records from 1921–196

LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Flight’s glamorous beginnings

The story of four women who worked in wartime American intelligence