Monthly articles by David Lowther on the history behind his Second World War novels.https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/en-gbhttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/judith-kerr/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/judith-kerr/David Lowther remembers the life and work of Judith Kerr, from her escape from Nazi Germany to When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/pressure/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/pressure/David Lowther reviews Pressure, the film about the final 72 hours before D-Day and the momentous decision facing General Dwight D. Eisenhower.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/world-war-ii-with-tom-hanks/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/world-war-ii-with-tom-hanks/A review of Tom Hanks's 20-part World War II documentary series, from the invasion of Poland to the Berlin Airlift and the beginnings of the Cold War.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/blood-sacrifice-review/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/blood-sacrifice-review/David Lowther reviews Blood Sacrifice by Douglas Jackson, the second novel in the Warsaw Quartet, set during the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/vengeance-and-the-second-world-war/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/vengeance-and-the-second-world-war/Reflections on revenge, displacement, ethnic violence, and the long aftermath of the Second World War in Europe.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/neville-chamberlain-did-the-wrong-thing/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/neville-chamberlain-did-the-wrong-thing/The case for and against Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler, from the Rhineland to the Munich Agreement, and why David Lowther believes Britain and France should have stood up to Hitler in 1938.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/british-sport-during-the-second-world-war/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/british-sport-during-the-second-world-war/How war disrupted Britain's sporting calendar, claimed the lives of leading athletes, and changed the careers of sportsmen who served between 1939 and 1945.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/ten-favourite-authors-of-second-world-war-fiction/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/ten-favourite-authors-of-second-world-war-fiction/A personal reading list of ten favourite novelists writing before, during, and after the Second World War.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/collaboration-second-world-war/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/collaboration-second-world-war/How occupied nations balanced survival, ideology, and betrayal--and how post-war reckoning reshaped Europe's memory of collaboration.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/two-families-at-war/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/two-families-at-war/The story behind my Blitz crime novel, from German Jewish refugees to a North London crime family, and the research that shaped the book.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/cliveden-and-the-seeds-of-appeasement/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/cliveden-and-the-seeds-of-appeasement/How a grand Thames-side country house helped shape Britain’s policy of appeasement in the 1930s — and how those events echo through my fiction.Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/propaganda-second-world-war/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/propaganda-second-world-war/How Britain, the USA, and Nazi Germany used popular cinema to shape opinion and morale before and during WWII, with case studies from 1942–1943.Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/crime-in-the-london-blitz/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/crime-in-the-london-blitz/A historical overview of criminal activity in wartime London, from looters to traitors.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/occupied-islands-liberation/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/occupied-islands-liberation/Reflecting on 80 years since the liberation of Jersey from German occupation during WWII — resistance, hardship, and remembrance.Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/liberation-of-bergen-belsen/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/liberation-of-bergen-belsen/Marking 80 years since British forces uncovered the horrors of Bergen-Belsen, this post explores the liberation, aftermath, and lasting impact.Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/the-battle-of-the-bulge/https://davidlowtherauthor.co.uk/blog/the-battle-of-the-bulge/A gripping account of the surprise German offensive in the Ardennes during December 1944, one of WWII’s most brutal campaigns.Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT