To celebrate VE-Day and to provide a diversion from these difficult times we offer you a chance to read the newspapers of the day for the equivalent of less than two bob (in 1939). This is the 'History as it Happened' of the World Wars, how they came about, how they were fought and how they finished, in the pages of a broad sweep of the contemporary press - Read all about World Wars One and Two, reported in the pages of the influential newspapers of the day. From Fleet Street's Daily Express to the Far Right newspapers of the Mosleyite Press and the Communist Party's Daily Worker. The role of Kent and its people, Britain's staging post in both wars as described in the pages of The Kent Messenger's newspapers from Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Gravesend, Herne Bay and across the Southern Counties in the South Eastern Gazette. The Yorkshire Post and the unique perspective of The Church Times provide extra depth to the day-by-day accounts of all political views, from 1914 to 1918 and 1933 to 1945 follow Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor, the outbreak of war, the Blitz, the battles, the final peace and the Khaki Election that followed it.

Subscribers with a Personal Log In can have reduced-price access to all available titles and pages on UKPressOnline - the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Star on Sunday, Daily Worker/Morning Star, Church Times, The Watchman, the World War I & WWII package (that includes the WWII Fascist Week, Action, The Blackshirt, Yorkshire Post, the Kent Messenger WWI & WWII, Herne Bay Press WWI, Kentish Express WWII, South Eastern Gazette WWI).

*The Victorian South Eastern Gazette has to be ordered separately.

The South Eastern Gazette (1852-1912), formerly the Maidstone Gazette and a precursor of the Kent Messenger was a major regional title for the south-east of England, reporting on Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Greater London (South and East) and Essex!

Supported by Kent Messenger Group and the 'Your Heritage Lottery Fund'.

The Daily Express and Sunday Express titles.

The Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday titles.

The Watchman (and Wesleyan Advertiser) 1835-1884; the first Methodist newspaper - launched in the aftermath of the (Wesleyan) Tolpuddle Martyrs - and the fore-runner of the Methodist Recorder.

The Watchman started out in 1835 billed as a weekly journal of news, politics, religion and literature. It went on to become the Watchman and Wesleyan Advertiser in 1849 until it ceased publication at the end of 1884.

Church Times 1863-present. This is a Print & Digital subscription in the UK, digital only in the rest of the world

The complete Church Times archive is available free to all print and digital subscribers to Church Times.

The complete archive of British Union of Fascists newspapers 1931-1940, includes Action, The Blackshirt and Fascist Week from launch until they were banned.

This is the story of the World Wars, how they came about, how they were fought and how they finished, in the pages of a broad sweep of the contemporary press - Read all about World Wars One and Two, reported in the pages of the influential newspapers of the day. From Fleet Street's Daily Express to the Far Right newspapers of the Mosleyite Press and the Communist Party's Daily Worker. The role of Kent and its people, Britain's staging post in both wars as described in the pages of The Kent Messenger's newspapers from Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Gravesend, Herne Bay and across the Southern Counties in the South Eastern Gazette. The Yorkshire Post and the unique perspective of the The Church Times provide extra depth to the day-by-day accounts of all political views, from 1914 to 1918 and 1933 to 1945 follow Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor, the outbreak of war, the Blitz, the battles, the final peace and the Khaki Election that followed it.

Daily Worker 1930-1966 and Morning Star 1966-present (four weeks ago). The archive is being added-to constantly; check our home page for updates.