What is it about the end of World War II that is so morbidly fascinating? We’ve moved on from the high adventure of Where Eagles Dare, Biggles and the tales of Monty v Rommel to a more sombre obsession with the dying days of Nazi Germany. This unfolding armageddon — Hitler in his bunker, the advancing Russians, the refugee columns, the bombing, the ghastly Nazis clinging to power — seems to captivate us. It’s a real-life War of the Worlds.
