The Daily Telegraph

=== 1901 to 1945 ===
In 1908, [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II of Germany]] gave a [[Daily Telegraph Affair|controversial interview]] to ''The Daily Telegraph'' that severely damaged [[Anglo-German relations]] and added to international tensions in the build-up to [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/kaiser-wilhelm-ii |title=Kaiser Wilhelm II |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=History.com |access-date=21 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129085526/http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/kaiser-wilhelm-ii |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |title= The Daily Telegraph Affair: The interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II on October 28, 1908 |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2 June 2009 |website= wwi.lib.byu.edu The World War I Document Archive |publisher= Brigham Young University Library |access-date= 21 November 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011181444/http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair |archive-date= 11 October 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref> In 1928, the son of Baron Burnham, [[Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham|Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 2nd Baron Burnham]], sold the paper to [[William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose]], in partnership with his brother [[Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley]] and [[Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe]].

In 1937, the newspaper absorbed ''[[The Morning Post]]'', which traditionally espoused a conservative position and sold predominantly amongst the retired officer class.  Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought ''The Morning Post'' with the intention of publishing it alongside ''The Daily Telegraph'', but poor sales of the former led him to merge the two. For some years, the paper was retitled ''The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'' before it reverted to just ''The Daily Telegraph''.  In the late 1930s, [[Victor Gordon Lennox]], ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s diplomatic editor, published an anti-[[appeasement]] private newspaper ''The Whitehall Letter'' that received much of its information from leaks from Sir [[Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart|Robert Vansittart]], the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and [[Rex Leeper]], the Foreign Office's Press Secretary.<ref name="Watt, Donald Cameron pages 276-286">Watt, Donald Cameron "Rumors as Evidence" pages 276–286 from ''Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy'' edited by Ljubica & Mark Erickson, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004 page 278.</ref> As a result, Gordon Lennox was monitored by [[MI5]].<ref name="Watt, Donald Cameron pages 276-286" /> In 1939, ''The Telegraph'' published [[Clare Hollingworth]]'s scoop that [[Invasion of Poland|Germany was to invade Poland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clare Hollingworth, the foreign correspondent who broke news of Second World War, turns 104|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=Telegraph.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123225715/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/11922645/Clare-Hollingworth-the-foreign-correspondent-who-broke-news-of-Second-World-War-turns-104.html|archive-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 1940, Fleet Street, with its close proximity to the river and docklands, was subjected to almost daily bombing raids by the Luftwaffe and ''The Telegraph'' started printing in Manchester at Kemsley House (now [[The Printworks (Manchester)|The Printworks]] entertainment venue), which was run by Camrose's brother Kemsley.  Manchester quite often printed the entire run of ''The Telegraph'' when its Fleet Street offices were under threat.  The name Kemsley House was changed to Thomson House in 1959. In 1986, printing of Northern editions of the ''Daily'' and ''Sunday Telegraph'' moved to Trafford Park and in 2008 to Newsprinters at Knowsley, Liverpool.

During the [[Second World War]], ''The Daily Telegraph'' covertly helped in the recruitment of code-breakers for [[Bletchley Park]]. The ability to solve ''The Telegraph''{{'}}s [[crossword]] in under 12 minutes was considered to be a recruitment test. The newspaper was asked to organise a crossword competition, after which each of the successful participants was contacted and asked if they would be prepared to undertake "a particular type of work as a contribution to the war effort". The competition itself was won by [[F. H. W. Hawes]] of [[Dagenham]] who finished the crossword in less than eight minutes.<ref>''The Daily Telegraph'', [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html "25000 tomorrow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028055732/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3652606/25000-tomorrow.html |date=28 October 2009 }} 23 May 2006</ref>