Germany

Stuka dive bombers fly in formation over France in May 1940

Second World War

The making and breaking of the Luftwaffe

Wehrmacht soldiers on parade, 1937

Q&A How was Germany able to  afford the astronomical cost  of rearmament in the 1930s?

Woman waving a union jack flag emblazoned with a swastika

In pictures: Interwar fascism

A scene from the German film 'Ways to Strength and Beauty', 1925. (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)

Second World War

Germany’s naked truth: the 19th-century nudism movements co-opted by the Nazis

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer

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Politicians in suits discuss the Paris Peace Treaty inside the Palace of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

How to win a 20th-century battle

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A panel of eyewitnesses recall their memories of the divided city and the dramatic events of November 1989. (Image by Getty Images)

Witnesses to the Berlin Wall . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Norman Davies introduces a long-maligned and overlooked monarch, George II, and reveals that there are in fact many reasons to remember his reign. (Image from Getty Images)

George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers of the Third Reich surround a huge bonfire during a winter solstice festival in December 1936. The Nazis attempted to use elements of pagan beliefs to promote a Germanic ‘national religiosity’. (Photo by Getty Images)

Witches, werewolves and vampires: the Nazi’s quest for the supernatural

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As the world’s best athletes congregate in Tokyo for the 29th Summer Games, David Goldblatt answers your questions on the history of the Olympics. (Image from Getty Images)

Olympic history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man runs on an athletics track with a crowd behind him

Harry Edward: Britain’s first black Olympic hero

Jesse Owens sprinting on a track at the Berlin Olympics.

A history of unsporting conduct at the Olympics

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Giles Milton reveals how the German capital became the frontline in a bitter diplomatic conflict between the western Allies and the Soviet Union in the wake of the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

The Cold War battle for Berlin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.