World War II

On 8 May 1995, the British prime minister, John Major, referred to the end of World War II as the end of a thirty years’ war; in this, he was correct: both sides saw this war as an attempt to complete a task left undone at the close of the First World War – the show-down which ended European global domination. The Second World War was, however, the ultimate catastrophe of modern history, laying waste the heart and soul of Europe. Here you will find contributions about this conflict, its prelude, conduct, and personalities – excluding non-military Nazi personalities, which are covered under the entry “Third Reich Era.” Also covered are contributions dealing with war crimes (and lies about alleged war crimes) committed in the course of the conflict. This does not include the “Holocaust,” which has a separate entry (and is not a war crime in the strict sense).

Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII

A series of reflectons on how WWII ended for Germany and why. Andrew Roberts, an establishment historian, and writer of a fawning biography of Winston Spencer-Churchill claims that Hitler lost the Second World War because he made "strategic mistakes". Andrew Roberts notes that a lost German bomber dropped some bombs on the East End of…

Memorabilia: The True Story of German-Jewish Relations (Part 2)

It is important to know and understand history. No serious historian would say that events such those that  occurred before, during and after World War II are pieces of time that can be completely separated one from the other, that it is possible to  isolate this event from that  one. After all, history is the sum of all those events, sometimes…

Memorabilia: David Irving: Interview on Calgary Cable (1989)

David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is an English historian and author who has written on the military and political history of World War II. An expert on Nazi Germany, his works include masterpieces like The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitler's War (1977), Churchill's War (1987), and Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996).

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