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WEIRD WAR TWO by Peter Taylor (Imperial War Museum £14.99) FROM the power station disguised as a village (complete with concrete cows) to the group of apes Churchill shipped to Gibraltar on a superstitious whim — if you thought you knew everything there is to know about World War II, think again. This brilliant little book is packed with eccentric anecdotes, ingenious inventions and preposterous propaganda (pictured above) that came out of the terrible conflict. It’s the perfect remedy for the current uncertain mood — a huge dollop of unwavering British resilience.