second world war history

The deadly war game of the Battle of the Atlantic

11 January 2020 9:00 am

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

30 November 2019 9:00 am

‘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

13 July 2019 9:00 am

On 14 October 1942, the 23 Swiss members of the International Committee of the Red Cross met in Geneva to…