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In her new book, Captives of War, published this week, Clare Makepeace uses war-time diaries, letters and logbooks written by British POWs in the Second World War to throw fresh light on their experiences in captivity. In this exclusive article for fifteeneightyfour, Clare tells how her grandfather's reluctance to talk about his own experiences as a POW in Poland during World War Two inspired her to write the book.
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Mark Connelly discusses the Third Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele, as it is so regularly called.
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Waller R. Newell compares and contrasts Donald Trump with the infamous fascists discussed in his book TYRANTS.
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To mark the centenary of, The Battle of Jutland, one of the most important and controversial naval battles in history, author and military historian John Brooks reflects on the devastating consequences of tactical failure by British commanders.
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Naval Architect and Aerospace Engineer Peter J. Mantle discusses the unique principles and challenges in the design of high-speed marine craft.
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Author Dorit Geva discusses her novel approach to studying the gender politics of military service in France and the United States.
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Introduction to Part I by Michael Geyer and Adam Tooze The First World War had been won by global economic force. The global superiority of the victorious powers, foremost the USA and Great Britain, was smothering in the aftermath of the war. In the 1930s, it took the brinkmanship of states set on destroying the international system, a veritable revolution […]
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Introduction A Soldier’s Story In the evening of June 16 , 1940 , a reconnaissance regiment of the ninth German tank division appeared at the eastern gates of the French city La Charité-sur-Loire. Paris had fallen two days earlier, and the French army was preparing a new defensive position on the Loire River. Establishing bridgeheads on the left […]
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