Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1941-05-17
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1941-05-17
Description:
From the UK National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/inf3.htm “Formed on September 4th 1939, the day after Britain’s declaration of war, the Ministry of Information (MOI) was the central government department responsible for publicity and propaganda in the Second World War. The initial functions of the MOI were threefold: news and press censorship; home publicity; and oversees publicity in Allied and neutral countries”. This collection contains Press Notices and Bulletins published by the MOI between 1939-1945. The Press Notices and Bulletins are among many publications and films issued by the agency during the war.
Creator/Contributor:
Great Britain. Ministry of Information. (Creator)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1941-05-17
Owning Repository:
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
World War, 1939-1945--History, World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects, World War, 1939-1945, Great Britain, Army appointments, General Post Office, Naval pensions, Lost National Savings Certificates, Canadian Red Cross, Jam, Marmalade and Preserved Fruit (Licensing and Control) Order, 1941, Trinidad and Tobago new constitution, Meat ration, War weapons and equipment, British prisoners of war -- Germany, Stalag XX.A. -- Thorn, Germany, Stalag XXI.D., Foot-and-mouth disease -- Yorkshire, England, Morrison, Herbert, 1888-1965, Air raid casualties, April 1941, National Registration (Armed Forces) Act, Bombings -- St. Nazaire, France, Bombings -- Calais, France, Bombings -- Cologne, Germany, Bombings -- Hanover, Germany, Bombings -- Berlin, Germany, Bombings -- Hamburg, Germany, Bombings -- Cuxhaven, Germany, Bombings -- Norway, Bombings -- Ijmuiden, Holland, Bombings -- Midlands, England, Bombings -- Menidi, Greece, Bombings -- Mosul, Iraq, Bombings -- Benghazi, Libya, Combat -- Abyssinia, Combat -- Tobruk, Libya, Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Fighter plane), Hurricane (Fighter plane), Spitfire (Fighter plane), A-20 (Bomber), and Heinkel 111 (Bomber)
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Great Britain, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Iraq, France, Holland, and Libya