Join Dr.Mark Barnard

for this Eight Week Course for just £72.00

Thursday 10.30-12.30am

Course Starts 4th September

Come and Join Dr Mark Barnard

as we delve in to what really led to the Second World War

The Second World War has never really gone away.

This year is the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day), marking the end of World War II in Europe. Numerous T.V. programmes, events and ceremonies will honour the veterans and remember their sacrifices during a war that claimed about 30 million deaths - half of them civilian.

Some claim that those who have lived through the world’s most destructive conflict to-date - and even those who haven’t - feel it as part of their experience of what they are. Many of us are familiar with the names Chamberlain & Churchill. In September 1938, Britain’s Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, promised ‘Peace for our time.’ His counterpart, Winston Churchill said: ‘It could have been prevented without a shot, but no one would listen.’

So why did Britain & Germany go to war again in 1939 following what many were told - and believed - would be the war to end all wars? Why - despite being labelled a blustering buffoon - did Italy’s first fascist dictator – Mussolini - cause such concern for Britain? Why did France collapse so quickly &, given Verdun, can it be blamed for doing so? Why was Hitler tolerated for so long?

Beginning with Poland, this course explores why Britain, France, Germany and Italy went to war – a war whose legacy continues to be felt today.