World War 2

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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz post image

Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni describes his arrival at the Auschwitz Extermination Camp in May 1944

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The Vatican, the War and the Pope's Secret Bank

Yvonnick Denoël takes us back to the Second World War and the Vatican's efforts to secure their wealth

Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB post image

Martha Dodd: A Yank in the KGB

Brendan McNally describes the strange sequence of events that took a girl from Chicago to Nazi Berlin

Lord of the Flies and the Second World War post image

Lord of the Flies and the Second World War

Dr Nicola Presley traces the hope and despair of William Golding's novel back to the years of war

Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory with Patrick Bishop post image

Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory with Patrick Bishop

On the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, we talk to Patrick Bishop about a complex episode in French history

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Double Crossing Hitler

Taylor Downing on the campaign of deception and disinformation that preceded D-Day in 1944

1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima post image

1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

On 23 February 1945 one of the iconic photographs of the Second World War was taken on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Here it is in colour.

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Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?

The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder

From Winter War to Cold War with Kimmo Rentola post image

From Winter War to Cold War with Kimmo Rentola

Kimmo Rentola tells us all about 'The Winter War'

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Angels of History

Jeremy Eichler reflects on The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

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The Siege of Leningrad

Prit Buttar on the city that would not surrender

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar post image

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar

Prit Buttar on the Nazi siege of Leningrad