second world war history
He who dared
Of the many bleak moments that have lodged in my mind since reading this extraordinary book the most unshakeable is…
Pacific theatre
It is sometimes said that intelligence failures are often failures of assessment rather than collection. This is especially so when…
The deadly war game of the Battle of the Atlantic
My father served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. He drank over-proof rum and smoked unfiltered cigarettes,…
Poland was no walkover for the Reich
‘The victor will never be asked if he told the truth,’ Hitler remarked on the eve of invading Poland in…
The tragic story of Witold Pilecki, whose reports from Auschwitz fell on deaf ears
On 14 October 1942, the 23 Swiss members of the International Committee of the Red Cross met in Geneva to…
