Dunkirk: Victory or Defeat?
Patrick Wilson assesses the importance of Operation Dynamo.
Germany
Lebensraum - Policy or Propaganda?
What did Hitler mean by Lebensraum? Did he attempt to translate theory into reality? Martyn Housden 'unpacks' the term and puts it into historical context.
The Making of Enemies - Deteriorating Relationships between Britain and Germany, 1933-1939
Peter Clements assesses why two nations which seemingly had so much in common at the beginning of the 1930s were at war with each other by the end of the decade.
Hitler, Stresemann and the Discontinuity of German Foreign Policy
Edgar Feuchtwanger examines the controversial issue of change and continuity in the foreign policies of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
A German Guerrilla Chief in Africa
David Rooney describes the extraordinary exploits of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the German soldier who kept the Allies tied down in Africa throughout the Great War.
Rebuilding Dresden
Rebuilding the Frauenkirche church which was destroyed in the 1945 Dresden bombings.
Wagner's Influence on Hitler and Hitler's on Wagner
Jayne Rosefield looks at the interaction between the composer and the dictator. Winner of the 1998 Julia Wood Prize.
Berlin and Cuba
Jim Broderick looks at the crisis management of two moments when the spectre of nuclear war shadowed relations between the superpowers.
The Treaty of Westphalia
On 24 October 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
The Führer’s Decision
Peter Monteach comments on German historian Christian Gerlach's study of Adolf Hitler's announcement of his "decision in principle" to murder all of Europe's Jews on Dec 12, 1941.