Making an international, big-budget, action movie about Operation Market Garden was never going to be easy. To start with, the operation was…
Tim Bouverie’s Appeasing Hitler strides boldly and confidently through a decade of British political and diplomatic history. Such history could be dull,…
Seventy-five years after the event, Market Garden continues to grip historians and readers alike. It is one of those great ‘might have…
The world’s largest ever airborne operation was launched during September 1944, with less than a week of planning. This was one of…
William F Buckingham has written what may become the definitive British account of the Battle of Arnhem. In a crowded field, Buckingham’s…
It is perhaps surprising that no one had written a history of the Commonwealth armies in the Second World War before this…
Blockbuster movies have been made about the legendary D-Day landings, but little attention is paid to what happened afterwards. Although the Allies…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
Dan Keane reviews Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a key highlight of the London Coliseum’s 2018/2019 season. It is difficult for any artist…
Patrick Mercer recalls a gruelling mountain assault by one of America’s most illustrious infantry units. My father fought throughout the Italian campaign…