War29 Dec 2025How fascist Lord Haw-Haw was tried for treasonWith his mocking English accent, the mysterious radio host broadcast to the UK from a German station, spreading rumours and exaggeration in the early days of World War Two.29 Dec 202531 Oct 2025The trail-blazing photos of a daredevil WW1 pilotAviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity.31 Oct 202524 Oct 2025The real story behind the Nuremberg trialsThe Nazi high command was put on trial 80 years ago in 1945. The new film Nuremberg draws on a little-known detail of the tribunal to ask enduring questions about the nature of evil.24 Oct 202513 Oct 2025How Hitler's architect escaped the death penaltyAlbert Speer distanced himself from the Nazis' atrocities at the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in October 1946. In History revisits a 1970 BBC interview with Hitler's former friend.13 Oct 20257 Oct 2025How Lee Miller's photos captured the horror of WW2The unflinching gaze of the fearless US artist and war photographer bore witness to both beauty and brutality. Now she is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Britain.7 Oct 202530 Jun 2025How a Nazi war criminal's trial shook the worldIn July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported on how France felt about this reckoning with its dark past.30 Jun 202512 May 2025The true story of World War Two's Dambusters raidIn May 1943, a specially formed RAF squadron embarked on a daring moonlit mission. In 1976, the BBC spoke to one of the airmen who made it home alive.12 May 20257 May 2025The lost 1930s masterpiece warning of Nazi horrorsPublished years before WW2, Sally Carson's prescient novel captures the dawn of Nazi tyranny in a small German town – and remains relevant today.7 May 20255 May 2025The Cold War spy mystery of the vanishing frogmanIn 1956, Commander "Buster" Crabb disappeared during a visit to the UK by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev. In 2006, a BBC reporter read the files that detailed his secret mission.5 May 2025...