City of shadows: The Iron Curtain falls – Part 2: Vienna
In the second part of our series on the coming of the Cold War, Taylor Downing explains how the defeat of the Nazis brought new division to the Austrian capital.
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Bombing Venice: The Allied attack on one of the world’s most beloved cities
In a new book, Jonathan Glancey tells the inside story of Operation Bowler, the audacious WWII plan to destroy German strategic outposts around Venice’s port, while leaving the legendary city unscathed.
War on Film – Warfare
Taylor Downing reviews the latest film releases.
To besiege a city: Leningrad 1941-42
REVIEW BY CALUM HENDERSON Leningrad – today known as St Petersburg – was a key military and industrial target in the early years of the Second World War. But the city also held a psychological attraction for the invading armies…
MHM 135 Competition and Crossword
This issue, we’re giving away three signed copies of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: the hidden truth at the centre of WWII’s greatest battle by Iain MacGregor The foundation of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II…
War on film – Enemy at the Gates
As the Russian army commits appalling atrocities in Ukraine, it might not feel like the best time to recall the heroism of the Red Army in the Second World War. But this year marks the 80th anniversary of the titanic…
Berlin: life and loss in the city that shaped the century
Covering the period from the end of the Great War to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, this is a well-researched and very detailed book from a well-known author, whose previous similar book…