BELIEVABLE LIES: THE MISFITS WHO FOUGHT CHURCHILL'S SECRET PROPAGANDA WAR

How fake news, fibs and subterfuge helped win WWII

- Terry Stiastny

From the earliest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill argued that defeating Nazi Germany would require more than just courage and steadfastness. Guile, deception and dirty tricks would be essential as well. To that end, alongside the better-known Special Operations Executive, the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) was established. And, as this new book by former BBC journalist Terry Stiastny reveals, it went on to play a - quite literally