Wartime Britain

Contrasting biographies of iconic leader Winston Churchill show how perceptions of historical figures change with the passing of time, says David Cannadine. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)

Did Churchill’s postwar speeches save the world?

Four young members of the largest group of Kindertransport refugees arrive at Southampton, England, in March 1939. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Remembering the Kindertransport

The Ghent Altarpiece. (Image by Getty Images)

Who were the real monuments men of the Second World War?

Members of the Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) dressed in their civilian clothes march along a platform passing a steam locomotive on 1 July 1940 in London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Dad’s Army guide to defending Britain

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An archive photo of the Bevin Boys. The name was given to the conscripted workforce that provided Britain with coal during the Second World War. (Courtesy of Mining Art Gallery, Bishop Auckland)

Second World War

5 facts about the Bevin Boys

Norsk Hydro's Vermork plant

The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

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Wendy Webster. (Photo by Claire Wood/BBC)

Books interview with Wendy Webster: “In its finest hour, Britain’s population was multiethnic and multinational” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A crowd gathers to watch the witnesses arrive for the trial of John George Haigh, the 'acid bath murderer', in Lewes, East Sussex, July 1949. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

10 facts about crime on the home front in the Second World War

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Gary Oldman portrays Winson Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'. (© 2017 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

‘Darkest Hour’: an interview with director Joe Wright

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Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting

Churchill’s days of destiny