THE WAR ON PAPER
Dec 27, 2018
3 minutes
WORDS TOM GARNER
The War On Paper tells the story of the most destructive conflict in history through 20 key documents held in the Imperial War Museum’s archives. Written by Anthony Richards, Head of Documents and Sound at the IWM, the book contains fascinating records, including Adolf Hitler’s orders to invade Poland, Winston Churchill’s draft for his famous ‘End of the Beginning’ speech and the German surrender that was witnessed and signed by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Speaking exclusively to History Of War, Richards discusses why he wrote the book, his favourite documents and the importance of paper in
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