05/08/2020 - 12:54pm

How we mythologise the Second World War The meaning of the conflict has been retconned, becoming the origin story for a new world

Niall Gooch

31.03

The truth about lockdown in Leningrad Social distancing might break up families, but it can't compare to the infamous World War II siege

Anna Reid

26.03

It’s time for an NHS National Service The biggest crisis since the Second World War calls for a huge effort to mobilise the young and healthy

Aris Roussinos

04.11

The War was not Our Finest Hour We cherish the myths of a conflict we know almost nothing truthful about, and which broke us militarily and financially

Peter Hitchens

17.09

The history Putin doesn’t want you to hear The 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland is still a touchstone issue – as the case of a Russian blogger found guilty of “rehabilitating Nazism” shows.

Roger Moorhouse

04.06

Imagine if we’d lost D-Day History has not been entirely generous to the role of the British servicemen

Robert Tombs

30.08

Does liberalism need global conflict in order to thrive?

Peter Franklin

01.08

The true story of Dunkirk

Allan Mallinson