By mid-1940, Hitler’s Germany appeared to be unstoppable by mid-1940. It had already... read more
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On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. The Senate... read more

I recently shared my favorite books on the view from London in 1941 on a new website called Shepherd. I... read more

THE GALLERY OF MIRACLES AND MADNESS
Insanity, Modernism, and Hitler’s War on Art
By Charlie English. 336 pp. Random House, 2021. $28.
In the aftermath of World War I, the world... read more

By Andrew Nagorski
Andrew Nagorski is the author, most recently, of “1941: The Year Germany Lost the War.”
Benito Mussolini took power in Italy in late 1922, making him Europe’s... read more

Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II
By Roger Moorhouse. 432 pp.
Basic Books, 2020. $32.
WHEN HITLER LAUNCHED HIS ATTACK on Poland on September 1, 1939, igniting World... read more