WW2 UK Propaganda Collection: The UK entered WWII in 1939, survived the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, and fought with the Allies in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It became a key base for D-Day and helped defeat Germany and Japan in 1945, though the war left the country economically strained and heavily damaged. (ChatGPT)
WW2 UK Propaganda Posters:
Recruiting:
Army:
1941 Join the Royal Armoured Corps
1944 RAMC Parachute Units
1945 Commando Medical Service
ARP:
1939 Air Raid Wardens Wanted. A Responsible Job For Responsible Men. ARP National Service
ATS – Auxiliary Territorial Service:
1940 A.T.S
1940 Women of Britain These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now
1940 Come and help us to help the men! Join the A.T.S
1940 Fill his place in jobs like these. Join the A.T.S
1940 ATS as Signal Operators
1940 ATS Cook for the Troops
1940 ATS In The Bakeries
1940 The ATS wants Cooks
1940 There’s a grand job waiting – you can still volunteer ATS
1940 ATS at the Wheel
1940 ATS Eyes of the Guns
1941 ATS Carry the Messages
1941 A.T.S.
1941 Join The ATS
1941 radiolocation. Train With The Army or With The A.T.S
1941 You are Wanted Too! Join the ATS
1941 Your Friends are Needed Now Urge Them to Join the ATS
1942 A.T.S
Fighting And Morale:
1939 Keep Calm and Carry On
1939-45 Britain strikes! Railway Guns Of The Northern Command Prepare For Invasion
1940 ‘Never Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few’ The Prime Minister
1940 Mightier Yet! Britain’s Mechanized Army grows stronger every day
1941 Feeding 45 Millions – Food Convoy
1941 Leaders Of The Royal Air Force
1942 A battery of Britain’s giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks
1942 A British Anti-aircraft Battery in action
1942 A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with ‘Tommy’ guns
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 A British Short ‘Sunderland’ Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes
1942 British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest
1942 RN Catafighters RAF
1942 Smash Japanese Aggression!
1942 A British bomber shoots down two German fighters in a raid over Axis-controlled Europe
1942 Back Them Up!. British field-guns smash a German tank attack at point-blank range in Libya
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! 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 R.A.F. ‘ Lancaster Over Hamburg. Spitfire XIV
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
1943 Britain And America Have Two Million Tons More Shipping Today Than In August 1942
1942 A German Bomber Is Shot Down By A British Fighter In The Battle Of Britain
1943 Africans Servicing A British Aircraft
1943 A Camouflaged Gun In Action
1943 A British Submarine Prepares For Patrol
1943 A Flight Of ‘Stirling’ Bombers Sets Out On A Raid
1943 ‘A Halifax’ Four-Engined Bomber
1943 A British ‘Spitfire’ On Patrol
1943 A Fine Formation Of Fleet Air Arm Bombers
1943 A Daylight Raid On The Enemy Coast
1943 A British Motor-Cycle Unit Moving At Speed Across Country
1943 A Gunner Of The Fleet Air Arm
1944 This is the Year! It’s up to us to let ’em have it!
1945 What are You doing about Education
Allies:
1942 5 Reasons Why The Allies Will Win. This Is The Sign Of Victory For The Allies V
1943 By Land, Sea and Air The Allies Are Hitting Back
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. Anquilla!
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 ‘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!
1944 29 United Nations prepare to deal Hitler’s death blow
Gear and Vehicles:
1941 Aircraft Of The R.A.F. Some Famous Types – I.
1941 Aircraft Of The R.A.F. Some Famous Types – II.
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 Heavy Infantry Tank – The ‘Matilda’ – 26 Tons Of Armoured Fighting Power
Production:
1940 Keep The Wheels Turning! Repair Work is Vital to the War Effort
1940-45 Courage alone is not enough – They must be kept Warm this winter. The country needs More Coal Now
1941 Women Of Britain Come Into The Factories
1942 In Germany… Someone Is Doing The Same Job As You. Beat Him!
1943 His Rifle Will Fire Will Mine. Care of Arms is Care of Life
1943 2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war
Finance:
1940 Back them up! Buy Savings Certificates
1940 A Gun For Every Job. Buy War Savings – Hit The Target
1940 Don’t Waver, Help Wavell, End War Week
1940 ‘A Bit Of Home’ Red Cross & St John needs your help for Prisoners of War
1940 The Most You Can Save is the Least They Deserve
1940 Lend To Defend His Right To Be Free. Buy Defence Bonds
1942 make your money provide the driving power – put it into the Post Office Savings Bank
1943 How about You? Buy Victory Bonds
1944 Salute The Soldier. Save More Lend More
Careless Talk:
1939-45 Zipp It. Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 Be like Dad keep Mum! Careless Talk Costs Lives
1940 The more you keep information under your hat – the safer he’ll be under his! Careless Talk Costs Lives
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
1942 Telling a friend may mean telling The Enemy
1942 A Few Careless Words May End In This
1942 Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades
1942 You forget – but she Remembers. Careless Talk Costs Lives
1943 He Talked. They Died
Health and Safety:
1939 Gas Attack. How To Put On Your Mask. If The Gas Rattles Sound. If You Get Gassed
1940 Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Trap the germs by using your handkerchief
1940 Malaria strikes the Unprotected
1941 accidents waste men, money, machines, materials, prevent them
1942 A handkerschief in time saves nine and helps to keep the nation fighting fit. Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
1942 Accidents Are Bottlenecks. Prevent Them
1943 Blood Donors Now. 30 Minutes Of Your Time. A Lifetime To Somebody Else
1944 Flies Foul Food
1944 Flies Foul Food – Diarrhoea and Dysentery Follow
1944 Typhus
1945 Dysentery and Diarrhoea
1945 Mosquitos Mean Malaria!
1945 Night & Day Brush The Cobwebs Away
Home Front:
1939-45 Courage alone is not enough – They must be kept Warm this winter. The country needs More Coal Now
1939-45 Help put the lid on Hitler By Saving Your Old Metal And Paper
1939-45 You Lose Miles Of Rubber Every Time You Jam On Your Brakes! Take Care Of Your Tyres & Save Rubber
1939-45 Hi! Switch off the Power We need it!
1939-45 Order Your Fuel Now – and take part of it in Coke Or Anthracite
1939-45 Still More Bones Wanted For Salvage
1939-45 Still More Paper Rags Bones Wanted For Salvage
1940 ‘Up Housewives And At ‘Em!’ Put Out Your Paper – Metal – Bones
1940 You Are In The Battle For Fuel. Are you keeping inside your Target
1941 AFS ARP LCC. Women Required For Motor Driving & Telephonist Duties. Apply Any Fire Station
1942-45 Women! You are needed in The National Fire Service
1942 Have Your Tickets Ready Please. British Railways G.W.R. L.M.S. L.N.E.R. S.R.
1942 Turn that Gas down! Less Gas – More Ships
1943 The Brother Who Turned The Gas Full On. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1943 The Daughter Who Heaped On The Coal. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1943 The Husband Who Wasted The Hot Water. Save Fuel To Make Munitions For Battle
1943 Choose For Victory. Victory Dish. Try A V Dish To-Day
1943 We want your Kitchen Waste
WW2 UK Military Art:
Leaders:
1944 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, Bart., G.C.B., D.S.O.
1944 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O.
1944 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C.
1944 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, G.C.B.
1945 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia
1945 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, G.C.B., Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force
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