United Kingdom WW2 Propaganda Collection: The UK entered World War II by declaring war on Germany in 1939, after it had invaded Poland and Czechoslovakia. In 1940, Winston Churchill became prime minister and head of a coalition government. Despite the defeat of its European allies in the first year of the war, the UK continued the fight alone against Germany. In 1940, the RAF defeated the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for control of the skies in the Battle of Britain. The UK suffered heavy bombing during the Blitz. There were also eventual hard-fought victories in the Battle of the Atlantic, the North Africa campaign and Burma campaign. UK forces played an important role in the Normandy landings of 1944, achieved with its ally the US. After Germany’s defeat, the UK was one of the Big Three powers who met to plan the post-war world; it was an original signatory to the Declaration of the United Nations. The UK became one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. However, the war left the UK severely weakened and depending financially on Marshall Aid and loans from the United States. (Wikipedia)
United Kingdom WW2 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1941 Air Defence Is Home Defence
Woman at War:
1941 ATS
1941 Join The ATS
1941 Women Of Britain. Come Into The Factories
1941 AFS. ARP. LCC. Women Required For Motor Driving & Telephonist Duties
1941 Serve In The WAAF With The Men Who Fly
1943 we’re in it together
Gear and Vehicles:
1941 Hawker Hurricane
1943 ‘Lancaster’ Bombers Are Smashing German Industries
1943 ‘Lancasters’ In The Making
Anti-Enemy:
Allies:
1941 From The British People To Victory. We Are With You
1942 Aid The Wounded, red amy day
1943 Concrete Expression Of Britain’s Admiration. A Hospital For Stalingrad
1944 Allies
1944 That’s how Fascist beast will be treated!
Fighting and Morale:
1939-45 Give thanks to the everyday heroes of Britain’s Merchant Navy
1939-45 ‘Heroes All’ – men of the Merchant Navies… British and Allied
1939-45 The life-line is firm thanks to the Merchant Navy
1940 ‘Let Us Go Forward Together’
1942 Your Britain – fight for it now
1942 Your Britain – fight for it now
1942 Royal Air Force Raids Are Smashing German Industry
1943 Wireless War. Post Office Engineers and Operators are in the forefront of radio developments
1943 ‘Ducks’ – amphibious fighting vehicles – used for the first in in the Mediterranean landings. Back Them Up!
1943 A British tank attack in the Western Desert. Back Them Up!
1943 To The Merchant Navy Thank You!
1943 To The Merchant Navy Thank You!
1944 Britain’s new Airborne Army goes into action in Europe. Back Them Up!
Production:
1943 Don’t Talk To The Man On The Job
Finance:
1939 His needs come first. Lend – don’t spend
Red Cross:
1939-45 Red Cross. Will you give a Penny-A-Week to help the Sick & Wounded?
1940 ‘A Bit Of Home’ Red Cross & St. John needs your help for Prisoners of War
1940 Give all you can. Red Cross and St. John
1940 Help us to help him. Red Cross and St. John
1940 Red Cross & St. John needs your help for Prisoners of War
Health and Safety:
1940 Cross Only At The Lights
1941 I’m Looking For You. Fever Malaria. Protect Yourself Against Mosquitoes
1943 This child found a ‘blind’
Careless Talk:
1939 Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh-Sh. Careless Talk Costs Lives
1942 Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades
Home Front:
1939 Dig For… Plenty. Grow Food In Your Garden Or Get An Allotment
1943 Your own vegetables all the year round… if you Dig For Victory Now
United Kingdom WW2 Military Art:
Leaders:
1944 Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill in the uniform of a colonel of the 4th Hussars
