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British WWII propaganda poster during the Battle of Britain. During the Phoney War, the book Why Britain is at War sold a hundred thousand copies. [7]: 38 In 1940 in particular, Winston Churchill made many calls for the British to fight on, and for British units to fight until they died rather than submit. [10]
Italian fascist propaganda poster. Although Germany and Italy were partners in World War II, German propagandists made efforts to influence the Italian press and radio in their favor. In September 1940, the so-called Dina (Deutsch-italienischer Nachrichten-Austausch) service was set up, ostensibly to improve news exchanges during the war. In ...
It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength and power of the nation.
Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield; [2] but there are many other types of war artist. A war artist will have depicted some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how war shapes lives. [ 3 ]
One of a series of Ministry of Information propaganda posters, comparing industrial workers to members of the armed forces. This one paraphrases Lord Nelson's famous signal; "England expects that every man will do his duty". This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45.
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised ...
British World War II propaganda films (1 C, 60 P) Pages in category "British propaganda during World War II" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Film propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II cinema (2007). Fox, Jo. "Careless Talk: Tensions within British Domestic Propaganda during the Second World War." Journal of British Studies 51#4 (2012): 936-966. Holman, Valerie. Print for Victory: Book Publishing in England 1939-45 (2008).