Censorship. Lies. Distrust. New history reveals how propagandists, Churchill and the press failed to convince the public of Britain's military might… and instead left the country in a dystopian world of misinformation

The realities of war were far from the cosy image portrayed in Dad's Army and Churchill's speeches, but a censorship campaign was the way to prevent the British public descending into panic and hysteria.

Censorship. Lies. Distrust. New history reveals how propagandists, Churchill and the press failed to convince the public of Britain's military might… and instead left the country in a dystopian world of misinformation
The realities of war were far from the cosy image portrayed in Dad's Army and Churchill's speeches, but a censorship campaign was the way to prevent the British public descending into panic and hysteria.