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The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London
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 by William Berry
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose

William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose was a United Kingdom newspaper publisher.The second of three brothers born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Berry started his working life as a journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World, in 1901....
 (later Viscount Camrose
Viscount Camrose

Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 January 1941 for the prominent newspaper magnate William Berry....
 and owner of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1855. Excepting the Financial Times and The Herald , it is the only remaining national daily newspaper printed on traditional newsprint in the broadsheet format in the United Kingdom, as most other broadsheet publications have converted to the smaller tabloid/Compa...
). It was first released on 22 August, 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
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The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 by William Berry
William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose

William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose was a United Kingdom newspaper publisher.The second of three brothers born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Berry started his working life as a journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World, in 1901....
 (later Viscount Camrose
Viscount Camrose

Viscount Camrose, of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 January 1941 for the prominent newspaper magnate William Berry....
 and owner of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1855. Excepting the Financial Times and The Herald , it is the only remaining national daily newspaper printed on traditional newsprint in the broadsheet format in the United Kingdom, as most other broadsheet publications have converted to the smaller tabloid/Compa...
). It was first released on 22 August, 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The magazine was discontinued after the 8 February, 1919 issue, but returned 16 September, 1939 following the start of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. 255 issues were published over the course of the Second World War before the magazine permanently ceased production on 11 April, 1947.

Subtitled "A Pictorial Record of the Conflict of the Nation", The War Illustrated was at first sensationalistic and patriotic. Although it contained articles, the main focus was on photographs and illustrations, most notably those of Stanley Wood dramatising (or in some cases fabricating) events involving German troops. The magazine became more diligent in properly verifying its reports from 1916 onwards.

Both versions of The War Illustrated were edited by John Hammerton, who also contributed articles throughout the magazine's run. The magazine contained personal accounts of the war by war correspondent
War correspondent

A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war. In the 19th century they were also called Special Correspondents....
s such as Hamilton Fyfe and Luigi Barzini, Sr.
Luigi Barzini, Sr.

Luigi Barzini sr was an Italian journalist, war correspondent and writer.Born at Orvieto, Barzini started his career as a journalist in 1898, working for minor Italian magazines and was almost immediately noticed and hired by Luigi Albertini, then director of the Corriere della Sera, the most prestigious Italian newsaper....
, descriptions and illustrations of Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration which is, or has been, awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth of Nations countries, and previous British Empire territories....
 actions (for example those of John Lynn
John Lynn

John Lynn Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal was an England recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations forces....
 and John George Smyth
John George Smyth

Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet Smyth of Teignmouth, Victoria Cross Military Cross Privy Counsellor was a British Indian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations forces....
) and articles by authors such as H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells , known by his pen name H. G. Wells, was an England author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction"....
 ("Will The War Change England?") and Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King...
 ("The Right View of Verdun"). It was extremely popular: at its peak at the end of WWI, The War Illustrated had a circulation of 750,000.

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  • (articles from the Second World War editions)