Nazism

Europe

Is it fair to compare Germany’s AfD with the Nazis?

Thuringia’s elections ought not to matter too much to the outside world. But it was here that the Nazis had their first electoral breakthrough

Lisa Haseldine

A Spectator editor’s account of D-Day

The beach was alive with the shambles and the order of war. There were dead men and wounded men and men brewing tea

Iain Macleod

Putin’s Victory Day celebrations are not about 1945

This year’s parade is a useful milestone for recognizing the extent to which Russia has slipped into a military dictatorship

Lisa Haseldine

Sefton Delmer’s dirty war

Peter Pomerantsev’s How to Win an Information War is an effort to counter prevailing narratives

James Ball

Europe

The protests against Germany’s AfD will backfire

Too many on the marches seem more keen to condemn the party’s voters rather than understand them

Katja Hoyer