A primeira ideia foi escrever sobre um piloto de que conhecia apenas o nome: José Cabral. Chegara até ele ao ler, nem me recordo em rigor onde, uma referência às elevadas condecorações que recebera pelo…
O destronado Rei Carol da Roménia surge inopinadamente em Portugal em Março de 1941, substituído que fora pelo marechal Antonescu, o seu país retalhado entre o III Reich e a URSS e confinado que estava…
Geometric, benevolent and cooperative, Portuguese neutrality during WW2 remains the subject of controversy to this day. Although faithful to England in the strategic and military domains, Portugal continued to trade with both sides of the…
First issue of the magazine "Mundo Gráfico” , from October 1940, directed by Artur Portela. The cover has a photo of Premier Salazar and President Carmona during the Autumn military manoeuvres, Portugal under the menace…
Journalist Fernando Pessa was the voice at the BBC's Portuguese Service during WW2. Invited in 1938 to work there, while he was serving our national broadcast station , he obtained the full agreement of the…
British and Axis propaganda existed side by side during WW2. Both were trying to win the hearts of the Portuguese people. People in the streets were eager to be informed about the progress of the…
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