One assumes most readers are aware of at least some of the facts ufffd the first invasion of Poland by Germany, who the Allies and the Axis powers were, what lead to Germany's surrender, the use ...

In “Judgment at Tokyo,” the political scholar Gary J. Bass examines the post-World War II prosecution of Japanese military atrocities and makes the case for the real efficacy of international law.

Best books about the Second World War to read this year. From memoirs and biographies to historical deep dives into the war’s most brutal battles, these are some of the best books about WWII.

T HE SECOND WORLD WAR sparked decades of scholarship. By one count, 70,000 books had already been published by 1989. The 80th anniversary of the end of the war, both in Europe and Asia, is ...

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Can "anything new be said about the Second World War", asked Adam Sisman in The Observer. "Unexpectedly the answer is yes." Among the "surprising facts" I learnt from this "revelatory book" are ...

Only by sidelining Asia can you claim that the Second World War ran from 1939 to 1945. The aim of these land grabs was resources, and the Axis states plundered their conquered territories.

Some parallels can be drawn between the Second World War and the coronavirus pandemic. Notably, writes Nicola Wilson, in getting stuck into a good book. Faced with disruption to everyday life many ...

11 books about the female heroes of the First World War and Second World War, including Noor Inayat Khan, Martha Gellhorn and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. The stories of women including Noor Inayat Khan ...

In 1943, in the middle of the Second World War, America's book publishers took an audacious gamble. They decided to sell the armed forces cheap paperbacks, shipped to units scattered around the globe.