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Twentieth Century World War Two

The Mental Health Impact of World War Two on British Sailors

How Thousands of Civilians Were Killed by British Shells in the London Blitz

The Daring Dakota Operations That Supplied Operation Overlord

How the Allies Denied Hitler Victory in the Battle of the Bulge

Why Did Operation Market Garden Fail?

The Wormhoudt Massacre: SS-Brigadeführer Wilhem Mohnke and Justice Denied

Did the Dauntless Dive-Bomber Decide the Battle of Midway?

Who Was Charles Gardner? The Broadcaster Who Brought Hope During Britain’s Darkest Hour

‘All Hell Broke Lose’: How Harry Nicholls Earned His Victoria Cross

19 Squadron: The Spitfire Pilots Who Defended Dunkirk

How RAF West Malling Became The Home of Night Fighter Operations

D-Day Deception: What Was Operation Bodyguard?

7 Key Details from Taxis to Hell and Back – Into the Jaws of Death

Fighting for Freedom: Why We Must Remember the Sonderkommando Revolt

10 Facts About Blenheim Palace

What Was Operation Ten-Go? The Last Japanese Naval Action of World War Two

The Crippling Kamikaze Attack on USS Bunker Hill

The Crippling Losses of the Luftwaffe During Operation Overlord

Operation Market-Garden: 75 Years On

11 Key German Aircraft of World War Two

20 Facts About Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem

Helping Turing: How Three Polish Mathematicians Cracked the Enigma Code

11 Aircraft That Fought in the Battle of Britain

10 Victoria Cross Winners of World War Two

How to Identify British Fighter Aircraft: A Battle of Britain Infographic

Who Did the RAF Face in the Skies During the Battle of Britain?

Their Finest Hour: Why Was the Battle of Britain so Significant?

Who Was Douglas Bader? The RAF Fighter Ace with No Legs

No. 303 Squadron: The Polish Pilots Who Fought, and Won, for Britain

The Personal Kit of a British Soldier at the Start of the Asia-Pacific War

10 Facts About the Battle for Hong Kong

10 Facts About the British War in the East in World War Two

Valorous Women: Who Were The Rochambelles?

The Liberation of Western Europe: Why Was D-Day So Significant?

Who Was Military Hero Marshal Georgy Zhukov?

Queen Elizabeth II: Journey to the Throne

Who Did the Allies Face in Normandy on D-Day?

What It Was like to Be a Young Tank Commander During the Normandy Landings?

How a Tank Commander Confronted Death in the Battle of Normandy

D-Day: How Many Men Were Involved in the Invasion of Normandy and How Many Casualties Were There?

9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched onto Normandy Beaches in this Amazing Artwork

Operation Overlord: What Happened on D-Day and How Successful Were the Landings?

Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death – The Story Behind the Photograph

100 Facts About World War Two

10 Facts About D-Day and the Allied Advance

7 Royal Navy Convoy Escort Vessels of World War Two

The Spitfire V or the Fw190: Which Ruled the Skies?

British Intelligence and Rumours of Adolf Hitler’s Post-War Survival

10 Facts About the Real Great Escape

How Britain’s Air Policy in 1941 Gambled with the Country’s Future

The Amazing Life Of Adrian Carton deWiart: Hero of Two World Wars

How Close Would German and British Tanks Get in World War Two?

The Battle for the Rhine: A Tank Commander’s Experience

A World War Two Tank Commander’s Experience of Coming Across a V1 Bomb Site

How Did a Young World War Two Tank Commander Stamp His Authority on His Regiment?

How Royal Navy Aviators Helped Secure Allied Victory in the Pacific

How Close Was Operation Valkyrie to Success?

15 Facts About the Battle of the Bulge

5 Facts About the British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War

Why Did the Nazis Discriminate Against the Jews?

How Winston Churchill’s Early Career Made Him a Celebrity

The Early Operational Career and the Closest Call of Britain’s Last Dambuster

Who Were the Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary?

Why We Shouldn’t Neglect the Role of the Royal Navy at Dunkirk

How Accurate Is the Movie ‘Dunkirk’ by Christopher Nolan?

How Accurate Was Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Dunkirk’ in its Depiction of the Air Force?

George Orwell’s Review of Mein Kampf, March 1940

The Final Briefing Before the Dambusters Raid Began

The Aftermath of the Dambusters Raid and Remembering the Fallen

What It Was Like to Be a Part of the Dambusters Raid

The Last Dambuster Recalls What It Was like under the Command of Guy Gibson

How the Dambusters Trained to Drop the Specially Modified Bomb

What Was It like to Be a Female Pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary?

How a Tough Childhood Shaped the Life of One of the Dambusters

10 Facts About the Miracle of Dunkirk

10 Facts About the Fairey Swordfish

Operation Veritable: The Battle for the Rhine at the Close of World War Two

How World War Two Furthered Modern Plastic Surgery

The Yalta Conference and How It Decided the Fate of Eastern Europe after World War Two

How Was the Heroic Hawker Hurricane Fighter Design Developed?

15 Fascinating Facts About Winston Churchill

HMS Ark Royal and the Ascendancy of Aircraft in Naval Warfare

The Last Hours of the USS Hornet

Kristallnacht: The Night That Changed Germany Forever and Signalled the Start of the Holocaust

Operation Archery: The Commando Raid That Changed Nazi Plans for Norway

20 World War Two Posters Discouraging ‘Careless Talk’

Vasily Zaytsev – The Enemy at the Gates

The Few: Winston Churchill’s Speech About the Battle of Britain

The Horror of the Rumbula Massacre

How a Couple of Weeks of German Brilliance in 1940 Elongated World War Two by Four Years

Why Did Germany Keep Fighting World War Two After 1942?

Did Britain Make the Decisive Contribution to the Nazis’ Defeat in the West?

Was the Battle of Britain As Close As We’ve Been Brought up to Believe?

How the Over-engineering of Weapons Caused Problems for the Nazis in World War Two

Why World War Two’s Operational History Isn’t as Boring as We May Think

The Detonation of the Bridges of Florence and German Atrocities in Wartime Italy During World War Two

The Sinking of The Bismarck: Germany’s Largest Battleship

3 Graphics That Explain the Maginot Line

The Horrendous Fate of Lublin Under German Control during World War Two

8 Tanks at the Second Battle of El Alamein

10 Key Events of the North African Campaign

10 Facts About the Battle of El Alamein

Did Hitler’s Drug Problem Change the Course of History?

The RAF’s Forgotten Link to the Windrush Generation

Was the RAF Especially Receptive to Black Servicemen in World War Two?

Why We Had to Tell the Story of the RAF’s Caribbean Heroes

The Dieppe Raid: A World War Two Mission That Went Badly Wrong

What Was the Sudeten Crisis and Why Was it So Important?

How Accurate is the Popular Perception of the Gestapo?

Did Nazi Germany Have a Drugs Problem?

Two Objects That Illustrate the Horrors of Nazi Oppression

How Did the Nazis Do What They Did in Such a Civilised and Culturally Advanced Country?

SAS Veteran Mike Sadler Recalls a Remarkable World War Two Operation in North Africa

Two Third Reich Objects and What They Tell Us About Nazi Germany

The First Successful SAS Operation: What It Was Like to Take Part

A World War Two Veteran’s Story of Life in the Long Range Desert Group

The Invasion of Poland in 1939: How It Unfolded and Why the Allies Failed to Respond

Operation Barbarossa: Why Did the Nazis Attack the Soviet Union in June 1941?

Why Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed in August 1939?

The Codebreakers: Who Worked at Bletchley Park During World War Two?

The Story of a Teenage Bletchley Park Recruit

Codebreakers: The Story of Bletchley Park’s Growing Influence in World War Two

What Led to the Battles of Imphal and Kohima in 1944?

Paddy Mayne: An SAS Legend and a Dangerous Loose Cannon

Why the Italian Campaign Was One of the Hardest of World War Two

What Was the Situation in Italy in September 1943?

How the War in Italy Set the Allies up for Victory in Europe in World War Two

Why Did the Allies Invade the South of Italy in 1943?

How Bill Slim’s Tactics Transformed Allied Prospects in South-East Asia

Meet Bill Slim, the Architect of Britain’s Improved Fortunes in South-East Asia

The Catastrophic Early Years of the SAS

10 Facts About the Battle of Stalingrad

How Poland Proved Vital to the Allied War Effort in World War Two

What Happened to German Cruise Ships When World War Two Broke Out?

What Life Was Like for a Woman in the Navy During World War Two

10 Facts About Joseph Stalin

10 Facts About the Battle of Normandy

What Was Operation Hannibal and Why Was the Gustloff Involved?

Does the Sinking of the Gustloff Get Swept Up in the Carnage at the End of World War Two?

The Worst Maritime Disaster in History: The Sinking of the Gustloff

From Schoolgirl to Servicewoman: How the Outbreak of World War Two Changed One Woman’s Life

How One Family Tried to Deal With the Lasting Trauma of World War Two

How a False Flag Sparked World War Two: The Gleiwitz Incident Explained

Neville Chamberlain’s Speech to the House of Commons – 2 September 1939

Great Britain Declares War on Nazi Germany: Neville Chamberlain’s Broadcast – 3 September 1939

Poland’s Underground State: 1939-90

The German Invasion of Poland in Numbers – 1 September 1939

A World War Two Servicewoman Tells of Her Own #MeToo Experience

The Treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany

5 Stages of Closing the Falaise Pocket

Anti-Nazi Cartoons: How US Comic Books Supported the War

8 May 1945: Victory in Europe Day and the Defeat of the Axis

Battle of the Bulge in Numbers

5 Major Causes of World War Two in Europe

A Necessary Evil? The Escalation of Civilian Bombing in World War Two

Appeasement Explained: Why Did Hitler Get Away With It?

5 Examples of Anti-Japanese Propaganda During World War Two

D-Day to Paris – How Long Did it Take to Liberate France?

10 Definitive Songs From World War Two

8 Convicted Nazi War Criminals Who Got Off Easy

Does Germany Still Owe Greece Money for Nazi War Crimes?

Did Nazi Germany’s Racial Policies Cost Them the War?

4 Countries That Switched From the Axis Powers to the Allies

10 Facts about Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox

How the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Changed the World

How Many People Died in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings?

10 Facts About World War Two in Africa and the Middle East

10 Facts About Reinhard Heydrich — The Butcher of Prague

10 Facts About the Holocaust, Ethnic Cleansing and Race in World War Two

20 Facts About the Battle of the Atlantic in World War Two

10 Facts About Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War

10 Facts About the Build-up to World War Two

10 Facts About the Soviet War Machine and the Eastern Front

10 Famous Actors Who Served in World War Two

10 Facts About the Fall of France in World War Two

10 Facts About the Blitz and the Bombing of Germany

10 Facts About the German Luftwaffe

10 Key Dates in World War Two

7 Key Heavy Bomber Aircraft of World War Two

How Long Was The Battle of the Bulge?

Official War Art of the Second World War: Proclaiming Britain’s Future in Visual Representations of Her Past

How the Image of the Shabby British Evacuee Became Established

20 Key Quotes by Winston Churchill in World War Two

Hitler’s Personal Army: The Role of the German Waffen-SS in World War Two

Japan’s Sudden and Brutal Occupation of Southeast Asia

20 Key Quotes by Adolf Hitler About World War Two

How Did Germany Defeat France So Quickly in 1940?

Justified or a Callous Act? The Bombing of Dresden Explained

Flight Identification Chart of World War Two American Aircraft

Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 10 Most Powerful Men in Nazi Germany

10 Steps to World War Two: Nazi Foreign Policy in the 1930s

Starvation Without Reparations: The Nazi Occupation of Greece

10 Important Machine Guns of World War Two

The Secret History of Japan’s Balloon Bombs

The Shocking Scale of Holocaust Killing by Country

Why Did the Holocaust Happen?

Why Did 300 Jewish Soldiers Fight Alongside the Nazis?

Where Did The Battle of the Bulge Take Place?

Why Did Operation Barbarossa Fail?

Why Did So Many People Die in World War Two?

The Western Allies’ Phoney War

What Was the Significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

10 Facts About the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

10 Facts About the Manhattan Project and First Atomic Bombs

The Strange Stories of Soldiers Who Fought for Both Sides in World War Two

When Was the Battle of Britain and Why Did Germany Lose It?

How to Identify German War Planes: A World War Two Infographic

10 Facts About the Battle of Britain

Could Britain Have Lost the Battle of Britain?

The Battle of Kursk in Numbers

What Was the Significance of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in the Holocaust?

Who Was Interned in Nazi Concentration Camps Before the Holocaust?

What Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact and How Did It Affect Poland?

10 Facts About the Battle of Kursk

How Did Adolf Hitler Die and How Old Was He?

Who Were the Marines Who Raised the Flag on Iwo Jima?

Why Were Casualties So High in the Battle of Okinawa?

What Was the Significance of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?

Why Did the US Drop Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

How Big Was the Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima?

What Were the Long Term Effects of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

5 Facts About the Battle of the Philippine Sea

12 Facts About the Kokoda Campaign

How the Swastika Became a Nazi Symbol

10 Facts About Anne Frank

When Did the Holocaust Start? Key Dates and Timeline

Where Did the Holocaust Take Place?

Why Do People Deny the Holocaust?

What Are the Main Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Adolf Hitler’s Death?

18 Facts About the Battle of Iwo Jima

75 Fascinating Facts About D-Day

D-Day in Numbers: The Key Facts and Figures

3 Stories from Survivors of Hiroshima

10 Facts About the Supermarine Spitfire

What Was the Difference Between the Nazi SA and SS?

10 Facts About the Battle of Midway

Where Did the Battle of Midway Take Place and What Was Its Significance?

10 Facts About Adolf Hitler

Which Nazi War Criminals Were Tried, Charged and Convicted at the Nuremberg Trials?

Who Was David Stirling, Mastermind of the SAS?

The Worst Military Capitulation in British History

The End of the Bloody Battle of Stalingrad

How the Red Army Captured Warsaw

When the Allied Leaders Met in Casablanca to Discuss the Rest of World War Two

How Greece Tore Itself Apart in a Vicious Civil War at the End of World War Two

The Bombing of Berlin: The Allies Adopt a Radical New Tactic Against Germany in World War Two

How the Cannes Film Festival was Created

Operation Sealion: Why Did Adolf Hitler Call Off the Invasion of Britain?

Why Did Labour Defeat Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party in 1945?

How Did Adolf Hitler Become the Chancellor of Germany?

What Was the Significance of the Battle of Aachen?

What Was Stalin’s Controversial First Five Year Plan?

Pearl Harbour: Japan Gambles on a Massive Pre-Emptive Attack against the US Navy

Discovering D-Day: The Greatest Amphibious Operation in History and its Impact on the World

The Triumphant Liberation of the Altmark

The Battle of the River Plate: How Britain Tamed the Graf Spee

Why the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Was Actually a Failure

Why Did the Germans Launch the Blitz Against Britain?

The Neutralisation of Rabaul in World War Two

14 Important Fighter Aircraft of World War Two

17 Important Tanks of World War Two

3 Myths About the German Invasion of Poland

Who Were The Night Witches? Soviet Female Soldiers in World War Two