Germany

The Diamond Duke

Felix W. Crosse assesses the life and legacy of Duke Charles of Brunswick.

Goodbye To The 'Nazi's'

The indiscriminate use of ‘Nazi’ to describe anything to do with German institutions and policies during Hitler’s dictatorship creates a false historical understanding, says Richard Overy.

Hitler: The Philosopher Führer

During his 1924 incarceration Adolf Hitler attempted to appropriate the ideas of some of Germany’s greatest thinkers and philosophers.

Fashion and the Third Reich

Fronted by Magda Goebbels, the Deutsches Modeamt was an attempt by the Nazis to put the fascist into German fashion.

British Diplomacy and the Giant Grenadiers of Frederick William I

The tall army recruits known as the Potsdam Giants, F.L. Carsten writes, played a considerable part in the British diplomacy during the early 18th century, and the efforts of the Prussian recruiting sergeants to procure men of the desired size extended to the British Isles.

Marshal Blücher

Erich Eyck looks at the battles fought - and won - by Napoleon's Prussian nemisis.