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 Posters:
Recruiting:
1940 ‘Never Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few’ The Prime Minister
1941 radiolocation. Train With The Army or With The A.T.S
1941 Join the Royal Armoured Corps
1941 ‘Target for To-Night’ Join The RAF Or The WAAF
1944 RAMC Parachute Units
1945 Commando Medical Service
Woman at War:
1939 ARP Women Wanted
1939-45 Help The R.A.F. Join The WAAF
1940 A.T.S
1940 Women of Britain These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now
1940 There’s a grand job waiting – you can still volunteer ATS
1940 Fill his place in jobs like these. Join the A.T.S
1940 Come and help us to help the men! Join the A.T.S
1940 The ATS wants Cooks
1940 ATS as Signal Operators
1940 ATS Cook for the Troops
1940 ATS at the Wheel
1940 ATS Eyes of the Guns
1941 ATS Carry the Messages
1941 You are Wanted Too! Join the ATS
1941 Your Friends are Needed Now Urge Them to Join the ATS
1941 Serve In The WAAF With The Men Who Fly
1941 A.T.S
1941 ATS
1941 Join The ATS
1941 Women Of Britain. Come Into The Factories
1941 Women Required For Motor Driving & Telephonist Duties
1943 we’re in it together
Gear and Vehicles:
1939 Bristol Bombay Type 130 Bomber-Transport
1942 20-Ton Giant Of The Coastal Command – A Short ‘Sunderland’ Flying Boat
1942 The World’s Heaviest Bomber – The British Short ‘Stirling’
1942 A British Short ‘Sunderland’ Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes
1942 A battery of Britain’s giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks
1942 A British ‘Blenheim’ bomber of the Coastal Command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine
1942 British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany (up to May, 1941)
1942 British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest
1943 His Rifle Will Fire Will Mine. Care of Arms is Care of Life
1943 Armstrong Siddeley. Cheetah Engines
1945 BSA Motor Cycles. The First Post-War Models
Anti-Enemy:
1942 Nazi-German in 22 Lessons
1942 Lesson 20 No Further Territorial Ambition
Allies:
1940 Together
1941 Spontaneus Help In Britain’s Air War
1942 New Zealand Fights
1943 Unity Of Strength
Fighting and Morale:
1939 Keep Calm and Carry On
1940 Mightier Yet! Britain’s Mechanised Army grows stronger every day
1941 Feeding 45 Millions – Food Convoy
1941 A British Anti-aircraft Battery in actions
1941 A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with ‘Tommy’ guns
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!
1942 Back Them Up!. British field-guns smash a German tank attack at point-blank range in Libya
1942 Back Them Up! A British ‘Commando’ raid on a German-held port in Norway
1942 Back Them Up! A British cruiser ramming an Italian submarine in the Mediterranean
1942 Back Them Up! A British tank attack in the Western Desert
1942 Back Them Up! A raid by ‘Hudson’s of the Coastal Command on German shipping….
1942 Back Them Up! ‘Ducks’ – amphibious fighting vehicles – used for the first time in the Mediterranean landings
1942 Back Them Up! Heavy ‘Stirling’ bombers raid the Nazi Baltic port of Lübeck and leave the docks ablaze
1942 Back Them Up! ‘Hurricanes’ of the Royal Air Force co-operating with the Russian Air Force
1942 Back Them Up! In the Mediterranean. British submarines have caused great havoc to Axis shipping
1942 Back Them Up! The capture of the German submarine U 570 by a Lockheed ‘Hudson’ of the British Coastal Command
1942 Back Them Up! The Mediterranean Invasion. British troops, tanks and guns pouring ashore from landing craft
1942 Back Them Up! The R.A.F.’s intensive bombing of Germany’s war industries continues
1942 The Gloucesters, a famous regiment from Great Britain… Smash Japanese Aggression!
1942 RN Catafighters RAF
1942 The R.A.F. ‘ Lancaster Over Hamburg. Spitfire XIV
1942-45 Give thanks to the everyday heroes of Britain’s Merchant Navy
1943 Desert Victory. The Actual Story Of The Rout Of Rommel By The British Eight Army
1943 ‘Commandos’ In Action. Speed The Day Of Victory
1944 Britain strikes! Railway Guns Of The Northern Command Prepare For Invasion
1944 This is the Year! It’s up to us to let ’em have it!
1945 What are You doing about Education?
Production:
1942 You can help to build me a gun
1942 You can help to build me a plane
1942 You can help to build me a ship
1943 Fighter Aircraft In Action. Thank you, Antiqua!
1943 Fighter Aircraft In Action. Thank you, Falkland Islands!
1943 Fighter Aircraft In Action. Thank you, St. Kitts!
1943 Fighter Aircraft In Action. Thank you, St. Lucia!
1943 Red Cross Ambulance In Action. Thank you, Ascension Island!
1943 Red Cross Ambulance In Action. Thank you, Montserrat!
1943 Red Cross Ambulance In Action. Thank you, Nevis!
1943 Red Cross Ambulance In Action. Thank you, St. Helena!
1943 Red Cross Ambulance In Action. Thank you. Anquilla!
1943 ‘Spitfire’ Aircraft In Action. Thank you, Solomon Islands!
1943 Your Ambulances In Action. Thank you, Barbados!
1943 Your Ambulances In Action. Thank you, British Honduras!
1943 Your Ambulances In Action. Thank you, Cyprus!
1943 Your Bombers In Action. Thank you, British Guiana!
1943 Your Bombers In Action. Thank you, Gold Coast!
1943 Your Bombers In Action. Thank you, Jamaica!
1943 Your Bombers In Action. Thank you, Sierra Leone!
1943 Your Canteen In Action. Thank you, Bahamas!
1943 Your Canteen In Action. Thank you, Cyprus!
1943 Your Canteen In Action. Thank you, Nyasaland!
1943 Your Food Flying Squad In Action. Thank you, Gambia!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Bahamas!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Ceylon!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Fiji!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Gold Coast!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Northern Rhodesia!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Tanganyika!
1943 Your ‘Hurricanes’ In Action. Thank you, Uganda!
1943 Your Minesweeper In Action. Thank you, Thanganyika!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, British Guiana!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Ceylon!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Dominica!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Gibraltar!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Jamaica!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Leeward Islands!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Malta!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Mauritius!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Northern Rhodesia!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Seychelles!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Trinidad and Tobago!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Windward Islands!
1943 Your Mobile Canteen In Action. Thank you, Zanzibar!
1943 Your Mobile Canteens In Action. Thank you, Barbados!
1943 Your Mobile Canteens In Action. Thank you, Kenya!
1943 Your Recreation Huts In Action. Thank you, Uganda!
1943 Your Seaplane In Action. Thank you, Mauritius!
1943 Your ‘Spitfire’ In Action. Tank you, Tonga!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Bechuanaland!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Bermuda!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Gambia!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Gibraltar!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Kenya!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Leeward Islands!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Malta!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Nigeria!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Nyasaland!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Sierra Leone!
1943 Your ‘Spitfires’ In Action. Thank you, Trinidad!
1943 Your Tanks In Action. Thank you, Basutoland!
1943 Your Tanks In Action. Thank you, Nigeria!
Finance:
1940 Back them up! Buy Savings Certificates
1940 Don’t Waver, Help Wavell, End War Week
1940 The Most You Can Save is the Least They Deserve
1942 make your money provide the driving power – put it into the Post Office Savings Bank
1944 Salute The Soldier. Save More. Lend More
Red Cross:
Health and Safety:
1940 Ministry Of Health says: Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
1940 Malaria strikes the Unprotected
1941 I’m Looking For You. Fever Malaria. Protect Yourself Against Mosquitoes
1943 Danger. Don’t Touch
1943 This child found a ‘blind’
1944 Flies Foul Food
1944 Flies Foul Food – Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow
1944 Typhus
1945 Dysentery and Diarrhoea
1945 Mosquitos Mean Malaria!
Careless Talk:
1939-45 He Won’t Talk – But Some Of You Are Talking Too Much
1939-45 Someone Talked. Never mention ship sailing dates, cargoes or destinations To Anyone
1940 …….. but for heaven’s sake don’t say I told you! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 ….. but of course it mustn’t go any further!. Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 ‘…. strictly between these four walls!’ Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 Be careful what you say & where you say it! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 Don’t forget that walls have ears! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 Of course there’s no harm in your knowing! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 Strictly between you & me ….’ Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 You never know who’s listening! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1943 He Talked. They Died
1942 Telling a friend may mean telling The Enemy
1942 Don’t keep a diary, it might get into the enemy’s hands
1942 Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades
Home Front:
1939 If You Are Bombed Out and have no friends to go to, ask a Policeman or your Warden where to find your Rest Centre
1939-45 Hi! Switch off the Power We need it!
1943 Choose For Victory. Victory Dish. Try A V Dish To-Day
1940 Keep A Pig. Join or start A Pig Club
1941 The Brother Who Turned The Gas Full On. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1941 The Husband Who Wasted The Hot Water. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1941 The Daughter Who Heaped On The Coal. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1941 The Man Who Wasted Precious Oil! Don’t Waste Oil – Not A Drop – Not A Splash!
1942 Have Your Tickets Ready Please. British Railways
1942 Milk. The Backbone Of Young Britain
1943 Your own vegetables all the year round… if you Dig For Victory Now
1944 Turn That Gas Down
Leaders:
1941 Leaders Of The Royal Air Force
United Kingdom WW2 Military Art:
1941 British Soldier
Gallantry:
Valour:
Allies:
1941 ‘Unity Of Strength’ – British and Russian Naval Soldiers
1941 ‘Unity Of Strength’ – British and Russian soldiers
1941 Unity Of Strength – British and Russian soldiers
1941 Unity Of Strength – British and Russian soldiers
Anti-Enemy:
Fighting:
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