Germany

John Wheeler-Bennett's account, with many illuminating details, of the attempt that nearly put an end to the Third Reich.

Even after the Bomb-plot had failed, John Wheeler-Bennett shows how the Wehrmacht conspirators in Berlin had it in their grasp to overthrow Hitler and stop the war.

Only the infirmity of purpose displayed by the key-figure at the top, John Wheeler-Bennett writes, prevented the revolt against Hitler, which had failed in Berlin, from being continued successfully from Paris

C.E. Hamshere shows how, a fortnight after the Armistice of 1918, the elusive German Commander in East Africa surrendered at Abercorn in what is now Zambia.

Elizabeth Wiskemann recounts the story of one of Europe’s richest and most hotly-disputed industrial territories

Mayer Amschel Rothschild died on September 19th 1812.

The full text of Jonathan Steinberg's interview with History Today editor Paul Lay.

The future emperor was born on August 31st, AD 12.

As the Eurozone countries wrestle with the fate of the single currency, Mark Ronan discovers parallels in Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Albert Speer’s plan to transform Berlin into the capital of a 1,000-year Reich would have created a vast monument to misanthropy.