{"history":[],"article":{"id":"6f4c88b6-2e18-44aa-b6f0-54f53b6fcad6","title":"The War Illustrated","slug":"the-war-illustrated","content":":::summary\n**Title:** The War Illustrated \n**Image File:** BersaglieriPrimaGuerra.jpg \n**Image Size:** 250px \n**Image Caption:** Cover featuring an Italian [Bersagliere](https://bliptext.com/articles/bersaglieri) August 26, 1916, **5** (106) \n**Editor:** [John Hammerton](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-alexander-hammerton) \n**Country:** United Kingdom \n**Based:** London \n**Language:** English \n:::\n\n# \n**The War Illustrated** was a British war magazine published in [London](https://bliptext.com/articles/london) by [William Berry](https://bliptext.com/articles/william-berry-1st-viscount-camrose) (later [Viscount Camrose](https://bliptext.com/articles/viscount-camrose) and owner of [The Daily Telegraph](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-daily-telegraph)).\nIt was first released on 22 August 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout the [First World War](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-world-war).\nThe magazine was discontinued after the 8 February 1919 issue, but returned 16 September 1939 following the start of the [Second World War](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-world-war).\n255 issues were published throughout the Second World War before the magazine permanently ceased production on 11 April 1947.\n\n# Background\nThe magazine offers a pictorial record of both World War I and World War II.\nIt includes numerous maps, photographs and illustrations, and the work of war artists, weekly reporting, and editorials on the conduct, events, and consequences of global conflict.\nSubtitled \"A Pictorial Record of the Conflict of the Nations\", The War Illustrated was initially sensationalistic and patriotic.\nAlthough it contained articles, the main focus was on photographs and illustrations, most notably those of [Stanley Wood](https://bliptext.com/articles/stanley-wood-illustrator) dramatising (or in some cases fabricating) events involving German troops.\nThe magazine became more diligent in properly verifying its reports from 1916 onwards.\nBoth versions of The War Illustrated were edited by [John Hammerton](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-alexander-hammerton), who also contributed articles throughout the magazine's run.\nThe magazine contained personal accounts of the war by [war correspondents](https://bliptext.com/articles/war-correspondent) such as [Hamilton Fyfe](https://bliptext.com/articles/hamilton-fyfe) and [Luigi Barzini, Sr.](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-barzini-sr), descriptions and illustrations of [Victoria Cross](https://bliptext.com/articles/victoria-cross) actions (for example those of [John Lynn](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-lynn-vc) and [John George Smyth](https://bliptext.com/articles/sir-john-smyth-1st-baronet)) and articles by authors such as [H. G. Wells](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-g-wells) (\"Why Britain Went To War\", \"Will The War Change England?\") and [Winston Churchill](https://bliptext.com/articles/winston-churchill) (\"The Right View of Verdun\").\nIt was extremely popular: at its peak at the end of World War I, The War Illustrated had a circulation of 750,000.\n\n# Digitized copies online\n

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\n\n**Weekly**\n

ISBN 1582791007 (Vol. 1).

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ISBN 1582791015 (Vol. 2).

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ISBN 1582791023 (Vol. 3).

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ISBN 1582791031 (Vol. 4).

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ISBN 158279104X (Vol. 5).

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ISBN 1582791058 (Vol. 6).\n

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ISBN 1582791066 (Vol. 7).

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ISBN 1582791074 (Vol. 8).

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ISBN 1-5827-9108-2 (Vol. 9).\n

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ISBN 1582791090 (Vol. 10).

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