Home » Philip Blood

Philip Blood

The Battle for Aachen

The Battle for Aachen

The battle of Aachen was one of the hardest fought of the war, and destroyed much of the city, though thankfully not the cathedral.

Writing the history of one’s hometown is no small feat, even after living and studying its history for 25 years. Aachen became my home in October 1999, when I was invited to teach at RWTH-Aachen University during my PhD studies. The university was already an esteemed...

Birds of Prey, by Philip W. Blood

Birds of Prey, by Philip W. Blood

A little known history that finally puts to bed the assumption that it was only Nazis who carried out killings during the Holocaust.

Birds of Prey, by Philip W. Blood The Bialowieźa forest, in Poland and Belarus, is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The forest is full of interesting plant life and a wide range of wildlife including wolves, wild boar, deer and European bison. No wonder then, that...

Philip W. Blood on Birds of Prey

Philip W. Blood on Birds of Prey

The historian of the Second World War has uncovered new detail on atrocities in eastern Poland.

Philip W. Blood, Birds of Prey is an extraordinary piece of work using groundbreaking research to produce an original book on the Second World War. Not an easy feat. Was this a story you discovered, or one you always wanted to tell? The book is both a narrative I was...

Philip W. Blood on Birds of Prey

Philip W. Blood

The historian of the Second World War discusses history, his writing and influences.

Philip W. Blood, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? My fascination with twentieth-century warfare was ignited by several memorable moments in childhood. My father, an aircraft design engineer with Avro, introduced me to the fascinating...