Stories of secret missions, terrifying battles, survival and rescue are here, but are only a part of the history of those years. Bombs also fell on families at home, and the courage of many ...

This title is available on our Higher Education website. This is a revised and updated edition of Evan Mawdsley's acclaimed global history of World War II. Beginning with the outbreak of the ...

Had Britain's wartime leader truly stood alone in his opposition to appeasement, or did he rewrite history to portray himself in a better light? By Professor John Charmley. The rows were explosive ...

There was no need for any more violence in the Pacific Ocean. But on August 21, a Japanese crew that did not yet know World War II was officially over launched an attack that would be the final ...

Oshima Hiroshi was the Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War Two. In audio tapes he recorded ... a scholar in international political history. Miyaka has released tapes ...