Fighting on

Could lessons from the last great conflict help the democratic world triumph over the rise in autocratic power?

A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement in WWI

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

50 YEARS LATER

On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying

On 8 November 1942 this colonel played a crucial role in the Allied invasion of North Africa, attempting to secure the surrender of Vichy French forces and then leading an assault to secure the Moroccan beachhead