Fall of the mighty

Though his name became a byword for treason, this Norwegian Nazi collaborator maintained his innocence right to the end

An idyllic neighbourhood on the edge of Berlin was once home to elite Nazis who carried out some of the worst crimes of the era. Eighty years on, the families that live there are still grappling with its tangled legacy. Sally McGrane reports

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

● HISTORY IS FULL OF “WHAT-IFS?”, perhaps nowhere ...

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

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war