To quote William Faulkner, “The past is never dead—it is not even past.” Of no great event is that more true than of World War II, in the shattered debris of which, politically speaking, we are still ...

Whether Rommel was one of the "great captains" may be debated, but certainly he had the power of capturing the imagination of his opponents as well as of his countrymen. This translation of his papers ...

Sir, It is highly unlikely that present-day Nazis would want to erect a statue commemorating Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (“Past battles should not inflame present disputes”, editorial, August 19).