TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Who won the war?’ We did, say the Americans, the British and the Russians. Each nation has a long history of claiming a unique role in defeating the Axis powers and diminishing the contribution of its allies. By Martin Ivens

Friends like these

The wartime alliances that could not survive the peace By Omer Bartov

Symmetry in motion

Capers and wallpaper: a new film from Wes Anderson By Keith Miller

You’re the tops

What Americans understand by greatness By Andrew Stark

Exploring the occult

A practical and literary guide to modern magic By Russell Williams