Aug 19, 2025
This is the final episode in a 5-part series marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 1945.
When the Second World War began, few expected the United States would emerge six years later as an unrivaled military and economic power at the head of a new world order built upon the graves...
Aug 15, 2025
This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 1945.
Before 1947, the United States did not have peacetime intelligence-gathering agencies such as the CIA. Foreign policy was formulated on an informal basis. Even during the Second World...
Aug 12, 2025
This is the third episode in a 5-part series marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 1945.
In 1942, the Japanese seemed unstoppable in the Pacific, and the Germans steamrolled toward Stalingrad. Their victories proved ephemeral. And, in defeat, the Axis powers took millions of innocent...
Aug 8, 2025
This is the second episode in a 5-part series marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 1945.
Most wars do not end in total victory. They usually end at the negotiating table after years of indecisive combat. What made the Second World War different? Was the Allied formula of...
Aug 5, 2025
This is the first episode in a 5-part series marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 1945.
No individual bore more responsibility for plunging Europe into another world war than Adolf Hitler, who was obsessed with reversing Germany's defeat in 1918 and getting rid of all the Jews within...