Film
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Four novels and a history, each set among the real events of the Second World War.
Pressure
- History World War Two Film
- September 17, 2026
- 4 mins
David Lowther reviews Pressure, the film about the final 72 hours before D-Day and the momentous decision facing General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
By the author of Ordinary Heroes
The Cinema and Propaganda in the Second World War
- History World War Two Film
- October 20, 2025
- 4 mins
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.
By the author of Ordinary Heroes