What Dominic Sandbrook has said about British propaganda during World War I
1 quote · 1 episode · May 27, 2026
Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on British propaganda during World War I once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sandbrook says widely circulated stories that an officer shot a fainted Cavell with a revolver were untrue propaganda legends.
“that she'd fainted before the firing squad and then an officer stood over her with his revolver pressed against her head”
The Rest Is History: 674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 54:32
Episodes
674. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)The Rest Is History · May 27, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland recount the life, resistance work, trial and 1915 execution of British nurse Edith Cavell in German-occupied Belgium, and her posthumous legend.
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