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