Second world war
Allies at War by Tim Bouverie review – a revelatory study of second world war alliances
In focusing on the multilateral bonds that were forged to defeat Hitler, this entertaining account offers fresh disclosures about the course of the war
Adam Sisman
08, Apr, 2025 @8:00 AM
Betty Webb obituary
Member of the Bletchley Park codebreaking team during the second world war who was later transferred to work in the Pentagon
Tessa Dunlop
07, Apr, 2025 @12:00 PM
Josephine Baker: the superstar turned spy who fought the Nazis and for civil rights
Book highlights performer’s wartime contribution and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
06, Apr, 2025 @1:00 PM
‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world war
Jamie Grierson
01, Apr, 2025 @2:29 PM
The Most Precious of Cargoes review – postmodern Holocaust fairytale is dreamy curiosity
Michel Hazanavicius’s sentimental tale about a baby found in the woods features sweet little cartoon birds and rabbits as well as the real horror of Nazi death camps
Peter Bradshaw
01, Apr, 2025 @8:00 AM
How to fight a fascist state – what I learned from a second world war briefing for secret agents | Zoe Williams
You can forget the advice on disguises, secret codes and spreading propaganda by dropping leaflets in train carriages. But there is something for us all here about the need for action, writes Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams
31, Mar, 2025 @3:10 PM
John Hemingway obituary
Irish RAF fighter pilot in the second world war and one of ‘the Few’, who later became a wing commander
Nigel Fountain
30, Mar, 2025 @4:53 PM
‘Drawings do not lie’: film-maker Michel Hazanavicius on his animated feature about the Holocaust
The Oscar‑winning director of The Artist spent five years creating The Most Precious of Cargoes. He talks about why he would never have made it as a live action movie
Anne Joseph
30, Mar, 2025 @12:00 PM
‘A common humanity’: the British families who tended graves of German soldiers
Across the country men and women have cared for the resting places of their enemy’s fallen, finding peace and hope
Donna Ferguson
29, Mar, 2025 @3:00 PM
War Paint – Women at War review – female war artists get their moment in the spotlight
From quilting in Japanese prisoner camps to graffiti in Sudan via Rachel Whiteread, Maggi Hambling and Lee Miller, this documentary covers myriad artistic responses to conflict
Leslie Felperin
29, Mar, 2025 @1:30 PM
Henry Gibbs painting looted by Nazis to be returned to Jewish art dealer’s family
Samuel Hartveld’s great-grandchildren to welcome back stolen 17th-century painting that was sold to Tate Britain
Harriet Sherwood
29, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM
Irena’s Vow review – the extraordinary tale of a real-life Holocaust rescuer
A teenager hides 12 Jews in a basement under the nose of her Nazi boss in this tactful English-language drama
Cath Clarke
25, Mar, 2025 @9:00 AM
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