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Fleming’s Raiders

Fleming’s Raiders

Alan Bardos

Ian Fleming created the most famous fictional agent in the world, James Bond. However, when he worked for Naval Intelligence during WWII, he made significant contributions to the real world of intelligence.

Introducing the New Aspects of History Substack – We’re Revamping!

Introducing the New Aspects of History Substack – We’re Revamping!

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Lumberjills: The Women in Britain’s Forests Who Helped Win the War

Lumberjills: The Women in Britain’s Forests Who Helped Win the War

Joanna Foat

The author shares the remarkable story of Britain's forgotten Women’s Timber Corps – and the decade-long journey that inspired her four books including her latest novel, The Lumberjills Under Suspicion.

Iran’s Unfinished Story

Iran’s Unfinished Story

Homa Katouzian

A sweepthrough of modern Iran across several decades tracks its turbulent trajectory from the Anglo-Soviet invasion in 1941 through the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and up to the attack by the US and Israel in early 2026.

Napoleon III: Europe’s First Populist

Napoleon III: Europe’s First Populist

Edward Shawcross

Often dismissed as inept, the Emperor of the French transformed the nation through economic modernisation and urban renewal, before defeat in the Franco-Prussian War brought his reign to a dramatic end.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Greg Lewis

Greg Lewis

The author reflects on the lifelong influences behind his passion for the Second World War, his people-first approach to research and storytelling, and his determination to uncover the forgotten acts of courage
Greg Lewis
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BOOK REVIEW

FEATURED AUTHOR

Johan Wennström

Johan Wennström

Dr. Johan Wennström is a research fellow at the Swedish Defence University and author of the forthcoming book The Stay Behinds: Sweden’s Cold War Guardians (Osprey/Bloomsbury 2026). He is also a researcher at Uppsala University. Previously, he spent nine years as a doctoral student and researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Johan Wennström
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SHORT STORY

Sugar Plum

Sugar Plum

Set during the Second World War, the story combines historical details about the challenges of putting on ballet performances in London during the war, with a fictional tale where magic and reality intermingle during a production of Casse Noisette.
Lucy Ashe
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Issue 34 Out Now

The Visionaries

James Holland on the Making of the Post-War Order

Alec Ryrie on the World’s Reformation

Kidding Mr Hitler, by Sinclair McKay

America after Exceptionalism, by Nicholas Guyatt

Anne of Cleves, by Nicola Cornick

Steven Veerapen on James VI and I

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