This is an excellent account of war correspondents in World War Two. WE often see footage of troops going into battle but what was it like for journalists looking for a photo or a story? Intertwined with the chronology of World War Two are accounts of Hemingway, Robert Capa, Walter Cronkite, and Ernie Pyle amongst others. I was captivated by the courage that came from the book.

Keith Warren Lloyd, The War Correspondents The Incredible Stories of the Brave Men and Women Who Covered the Fight Against Hitler's Germany, The Globe Pequot Publishing Group, Inc. | Lyons Press, October 2025.

Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review.

This is a somewhat sprawling memorial to the Second World War correspondents, with its combination of detailed historical events as well as the stories of those who covered them – the war correspondents. The latter includes work undertaken by correspondents in general, and those who are named. There are correspondents whose platform was the print media, others who filmed events, photographers, and graphic artists. Named correspondents include Ernie Pyle, John Steinbeck, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Mauldin, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Andy Rooney, Martha Gellhorn and Richard Tregaskis.

The text provides detailed accounts of many of the correspondents – their background, details of their work and the theatres of war in which they operated, and their achievements. Other details often covered their motivation and those who inspired them. For example, Martha Gellhorn, a thirty-three-year-old when the United States entered the war, an experienced correspondent and working in the field, was inspired by writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nancy Cunard and T. S. Eliot. Her efforts to join the field of war correspondents already in place makes arresting reading, mirrored by other narratives that read convincingly about correspondents' contribution to the war effort. Ernie Pyle has a special place, with the book ending with his death, reactions from his co-correspondents and acknowledging the Purple Heart presented to his wife by the United States Army.

Ernie Pyle’s story is perhaps the most poignant, it certainly serves as an example of both the success and sacrifices of war correspondents who brought news of the war into domestic communities. Keith Warren Lloyd’s account now effectively shares these experiences as well as a providing historical context for new audiences.

The book includes a bibliography with audio, video, and online sources, as well as books and articles from newspapers and books. There is a comprehensive index.

The War Correspondents, by Keith Warren Lloyd presents the horrors of the battles of World War II through the eyes of a a number of war correspondents. These men and women put their lives in danger in order to report to the public the horrors and friendships of the war. Many of the names may be familiar: Ernie Pyle (lost his life during the final days of the war), Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkrite, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, and others. Reading about the war through the eyes of these reporters gives the reader a different perspective of war. It is a close and intimate look of what the men and women who fought the war had to endure. It is a book that will remain with you long after you finish reading it.