WWII
Heroism and high strategy
The story of how British commandos did the impossible
An underground war
This history of resistance in the Second World War is as moving as it is comprehensive
How modern wars end
History offers options rather than predictions for how the Russia-Ukraine war could end
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
He got out alive
From Belsen concentration camp to eminent British sculptor
Chamberlain’s fictional rehabilitation
Netflix’s sympathetic take on the great appeaser is ultimately unconvincing
Is the myth of the “plucky Brit” false?
Professor Phillips O’Brien, Robert Hutton, and Graham Stewart discuss the British mindset during WWII
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Rumours of a crime
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was a flawed man, but he should be allowed to be condemned by his words
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us