I have been recalling family history recently. In doing so I was reminded of my Victorian born grandmother who in Spring always bought...

Hitler (A short biography) AN Wilson Hitler Ian Kershaw Hitler's Last Day Mayo & Craigie Hitler's...

Emergency coins are coins which are issued in times of stress, especially a war. Gunmoney was one such issue In Ireland during the war...

In a sense one can argue that once Hitler took power in 1933 the Second World War was all but inevitable. It is true that few saw that...

Once a name honoured throughout The Holy Roman, and later Austrian, Empire that no explanation would have been necessary. Today probably...

[For earlier periods of German History see numerous blogs below] Killing Hitler Roger Moorhouse Opposing Hitler (Biography of...

Morale is the key problem for wartime Governments to grapple with. Morale is an issue not only for the military forces fighting at The...

As usual this is a short booklist. All the books below carry bibliographies to take you further. The Third Reich Michael Burleigh...

How, and why, did Democracy fail in Germany after World War One? And, how did the Nazi Party emerge victorious in 1933? These are the...

Democracy finally arrived in Germany in the wake of a Civil War that immediately followed the breakdown after World War One. It arrived...

Kaiser Wilhelm II C.Clarke The Sleepwalkers (road to war) C.Clarke Ring of Steel (Germany and Austria at war) A.Watson The...

Once Bismarck had been dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890, Germany's Foreign Policy took a distinct turn to what, in the end, became...

As a small child, in the early 1950s, I had a tall bookcase in my bedroom. Initially filled with Enid Blyton's Noddy series, then...

Bismarck, in most people's minds, conjures up a picture of a militarist who brought about German Unification in 1871. Yet, that is only...

Bismarck: A Life Jonathan Steinberg Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor Volker Ullrich Blood and Iran: Germany 1871-1918 (Ch1...

Bismarck is the outstanding Prussian/German of the mid 19th century. It was Bismarck who saw through German Unification in 1871. He...

Napoleon The Great Andrew Roberts Napoleon The Man Behind the Myth Adam Zamoyski Jena 1806 Osprey Series David Chandler Leipzig...

The story begins with the Napoleonic Wars and the humiliating defeat of Prussia by France at the Battle of Jena in 1806. It continues...

*Iron Kingdom (History of Prussia) Christopher Clark Prussia at War Richard Tedor The History of Prussia Abbott &...

Jeremy Black in his 'A Brief History of Germany' writes in his Preface, 'There are many Germanys that can be proffered and, therefore,...