20th Century

A collection of 76 Posts

The Men Who Sold Honours post image

The Men Who Sold Honours

Stephen Bates looks back at a very British form of political corruption

Operation Stopgap: The First Shot in America’s War on Drugs post image

Operation Stopgap: The First Shot in America’s War on Drugs

David Tuch pinpoints the beginning of the US war on narcoterrorism

Escaping Auschwitz post image

Escaping Auschwitz

Monisha Rajesh recounts one of the most poignant 'untold railway stories'

The Maginot Line post image

The Maginot Line

Kevin Passmore examines one of the great defensive fortifications in modern history

The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea post image

The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea

Tim Queeney explains the nautical origins of the steering wheel

In Search of Gertrude Stein with Francesca Wade post image

In Search of Gertrude Stein with Francesca Wade

Francesca Wade tells us all about her new book, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

The First Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic with David Rooney post image

The First Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic with David Rooney

Long before Earhart and Lindbergh came Jack Alcock and Ted Brown. David Rooney tells us about 'The Big Hop'

The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora with Isabelle Pelaud post image

The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora with Isabelle Pelaud

Isabelle Pelaud introduces a unique literary project

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Aftermath (Part 3 of 3) post image

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Aftermath (Part 3 of 3)

In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Invasion (Part 2 of 3) post image

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Invasion (Part 2 of 3)

In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Planning (Part 1 of 3) post image

D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Planning (Part 1 of 3)

In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images

Opening the Gates of Hell: Operation Barbarossa with Richard Hargreaves post image

Opening the Gates of Hell: Operation Barbarossa with Richard Hargreaves

Richard Hargreaves examines two of the most bloody and significant weeks in all military history