Seventy five years ago the war in Europe ended. The war in Asia was to end three months later. In 1939, Britain and France had
Three quarters of a century have passed since Winston Churchill gave his final famous speech of the Second World War. From Downing Street, the Prime
As we undertake strict isolation, and shielding, there are consolations. This week the box set of the TV classic The World at War arrived at
For obvious reasons, tales of Second World War daring sit prominently in the public consciousness at the present. The beaches, the Few, the Blitz spirit:
There were other battles. There were other turning points. Stalingrad, Kursk. El Alamein, and of course, the Battle of Britain. Each was immense in its
I haven’t yet read Tim Bouverie’s new book Appeasing Hitler: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Road to War, only Andrew Rawnsley’s review in the Observer. The
When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in Essex on June 22, 1948 it was carrying a crowded cargo of around 500 West Indian settlers
I avoided reading “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” because the title made me nauseous. It conjured up lethargic images of lacy ladies
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