In 1928, the V&A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara ...

Recording Evil,' a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in WWII, is based on declassified British ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

One of the most significant uses of propaganda was the response to the rescue of soldiers from Dunkirk in France. In May 1940, the Germans forced the French and British armies back through France ...

British First World War propaganda poster depicting a German U-boat sinking a British merchant ship.“Freedom of the seas” is a principle of the laws at sea. The US demanded that Germany respect such ...

During World War II, artist Kimon Evan Marengo was asked by the British Ministry of Information to create anti-Nazi propaganda images based on the Shahnameh to appeal to Iranians. In these ...

The only British-made bomber that stayed in production throughout World War II, the Vickers Wellington was the most ... with one produced in just 23 hours and 50 minutes for newsreel propaganda. The ...