Hitler’s Hubris: Jersey Overkill
A recent visit to this charming island showed just how obsessed Hitler was with it and how breathtakingly illogical his obsession was.
Arnhem: the battle for the bridges, 1944 by Antony Beevor – Book Review
For many, the 1977 movie A Bridge Too Far is the main point of reference for Operation Market Garden.
The Marshall Plan: dawn of the Cold War by Benn Steil – Book Review
At the end of World War II, faced with widespread destruction in Europe, strong communist parties in Greece and France, and the Red Army deployed throughout Eastern Europe and in […]
Savage continent: Europe in the aftermath of World War II by Keith Lowe – Book Review
Savage Continent is a deeply harrowing account of Europe as a continent reeling from the impacts and consequences of World War II.
Codename Suzette – An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris by Anne Nelson – Book Review
in the histories of the Occupation. Subtitled ‘An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris’ this is the result of her search for Suzanne’s story.
John Curtin’s War – The coming of war in the Pacific, and reinventing Australia Vol 1 by John Edwards – Book Review
What was the purpose of the book? John Curtin’s War is an examination of events about ‘an obscure politician from Perth’ (p. 321) who had left school at fourteen, was […]
Training for War – The History of Headquarters 1st Division 1914-2014 by Michael Tyquin – Book Review
Most Australian Army unit histories are based on units: infantry battalion, artillery regiments, engineer squadrons and the like.
War Beyond Words – Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present by Jay Winter – Book Review
Jay Winter is Charles J Stille Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University.
