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Propaganda on the British Home Front, 1941 D4372

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Propaganda on the British Home Front, 1941 D4372

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Propaganda on the British Home Front, 1941
Two soldiers and a civilian woman look at one of two posters pasted onto a wall or fence encouraging citizens to support Russia. The posters feature an illustration of a Red Army soldier next to a silhouette of the British Isles with the words 'The Red Army's Fight is YOUR Fight!'. At the bottom of the poster are the words 'Aid Soviet Smash Hitler!'.

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The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.

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