A collection of charts, graphs and maps exploring the Second World War.
May 8, 1945 Remembered: VE Day @ 75
Our best articles on the significance, the human toll and the consequences of the Second World War.
Lincoln, FDR and Sizing Up Donald Trump
What are the keys to wartime presidential leadership?
Holocaust Ignorance: Today’s Dangers
There must be a new urgency to ensuring that people everywhere understand the horrors of the past and the dangers of today’s authoritarian trends.
Forget Fake News. Worry About Fake History Oscars
Two movies about Britain in 1940 – Dunkirk and the Darkest Hour – have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Yet, both movies are full of historical nonsense.
Colonialism Applied to Europe: Mazower’s “Hitler’s Empire”
The most distinctive character of the Second World War is that it was Nazi Germany’s war of extermination in Russia.
Germany’s Past: From Shame to Fascination?
Not long ago, Germans shunned their country’s past. Now, they are far more open-eyed.
The Nazi Hunters’ Enduring Legacy
Why it matters to stand up for justice and demand atonement.
May 8, 1945: Beyond the Unconditional Surrender of German Forces
The ominous date also marks the beginning of violence and occupation in Algeria, Greece and Eastern Europe.
The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen: A Survivor Remembers
70 years later, a survivor of the atrocities of WWII recalls her experience.