Second World War

In secret talks, would-be saviours duped Himmler into thinking he should stop the extermination of Jews

Seventy-five years ago, Gen. ’Ham’ Roberts led the doomed Dieppe raid—and lived out his days in infamy. But there’s more to the story.

Her latest book explores the life of single mother Amelia Rosselli, a playwright and activist at a time when Mussolini decreed women were second-class

Matt Gurney on how he came to grapple with the incredible youth of the soldiers who died on D-Day, 73 years ago today

Taylor Prestidge pays tribute to the 22 Canadians buried in the Rome War Cemetery—including one Ojibwa man who laid down his life so far from home

The government of Poland challenges a recent article written by the University of Ottawa history professor—and Grabowski responds

A madcap adventure about Elizabeth and Margaret sneaking out of Buckingham Palace is a fun throwback to innocent times

Book review: ’The Race for Paris’ reimagines the swashbuckling journalist Martha Gellhorn’s adventures in the Second World War

Ace pilot Stephen Beaumont’s teddy had it all as it went to auction. There was just one problem—the whole story.

Two books out on the same day. The same topic: the struggles and scandals of the British royal family during the Second World War. What a difference.