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  2. Blackout (wartime) - Wikipedia

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    A blackout curtain used in Auckland, New Zealand during World War II. Lights can simply be turned off or light can sometimes be minimized by tarring the windows of large public structures. In World War II, a dark blackout curtain was used to keep the light inside. Tarring the windows can mean a semi-permanent blackout status.

  3. Air Raid Precautions - Wikipedia

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    Together with ideas around the building of air raid shelters, evacuations of people and blackout requirements these were all termed passive air defence. With the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany 's remilitarisation during the 1930s, a further Home Office committee, the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Department, was created in March 1935.

  4. Delivery After Raid - Wikipedia

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    Delivery After Raid (1940). Delivery After Raid, also popularly known as The London Milkman, is a black and white photograph taken by Fred Morley on 9 October 1940. [1] The image shows a milkman making his delivery along a street with buildings destroyed by German bombers during the Blitz in Holborn, Central London.

  5. Target for Tonight - Wikipedia

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    A 30-page pamphlet with photos and text from the 1941 propaganda film "Target for To-Night". A 30-page brochure entitled The Book of the famous film Target for To-Night and sub-titled The Record in Text and Pictures of a Bombing Raid on Germany was released in 1941. It covered various scenes from the film along with photographic stills and was ...

  6. American propaganda during World War II - Wikipedia

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    An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory.

  7. Wikipedia : Featured pictures/History/World War II

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    An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )

  8. Millions Like Us - Wikipedia

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    Millions Like Us is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It stars Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Moore Marriott and Eric Portman. It was co-written and co-directed by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. [1]

  9. Category:American propaganda during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to American propaganda during World War II.During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory.