Germany

A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front

Germany at a crossroads: Nazis, pacifism, and why the lessons of All Quiet on the Western Front still matter today

A German soldier captured during the battle of Kursk, July–August 1943. Germany’s last major offensive on the eastern front ended in crushing defeat (Photo by STF/AFP/ GettyImages)

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Bitter end: Hitler’s downfall and the end of the war and the Third Reich

A propaganda photograph showing a typical German family eating the Eintopf, a cost-saving stew promoted by the Third Reich

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The stomach for the fight: the food policies used by the Nazis to maintain control in the Third Reich

Aerial view of the outside of Treblinka extermination camp, Germany, 1943. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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Laurence Rees on the perpetrators of the Holocaust: “What they told us was, at the time, they felt it was the right thing to do”

President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev together

What brought a thaw in the Cold War?

Count von Stauffenberg

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Why we should remember… The plot to assassinate Hitler and install a new German government

British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

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D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings

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Stasi poets: creative writing & the Cold War

Businessman Oskar Schindler speaks about saving lives during the Holocaust of Germany's Third Reich at an interview. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Biography Oskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

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General History

Berlin’s tumultuous history

Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, German officer Paul Schmidt and Adolf Hitler survey damage at Hitler's eastern front military headquarters, ‘the Wolf’s Lair’, hours after a failed bombing attempt by Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Should we be glad the 1944 July Plot to kill Hitler failed?

Pod Robert Harris WL

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Munich: the real history behind the new film

King George II of Great Britain

George II: 8 facts about the British king and German elector

Neville Chamberlain shows off the Anglo-German Declaration at Heston Aerodrome

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Q&A Peace for our time: what was written on Neville Chamberlain’s piece of paper?

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Part nineteen in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1900–1949. (Image by Getty Images)

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