Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1944-07-27
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1944-07-27
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), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Auxiliary Territorial Service (Contributor), Allied Expeditionary Air Force (Contributor), Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters (Contributor), Yarrow, Marshall (Contributor), United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. Headquarters (Contributor), United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. Headquarters (Contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office (Contributor), Mediterranean Allied Force Advance Headquarters (Contributor), Allied Forces. Southeast Asia Command (Contributor), Roberts, Ouvry Lindfield, 1898-1986 (Contributor), Australia. Royal Australian Air Force (Contributor), McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944 (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), United States. Naval Forces, Europe (Contributor), Glassford, William Alexander, 1886-1958 (Contributor), and Stark, Harold Rainsford, 1880-1972 (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1944-07-27
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, Combat -- St. Lo, France, Combat -- St. Gilles, France, Combat -- Caen, France, Combat -- Rhone Valley, France, Combat -- Tiber River Valley, Italy, Combat -- River Greve, Italy, Combat -- Adriatic Sector, Italy, Combat -- Imphal Front, India, Combat -- Myitkyina, Burma, Bombings -- Vendome, France, Bombings -- Lyons, France, Bombings -- Fontainebleau, France, Bombings -- Saarbrucken, Germany, Bombings -- Brussels, Belgium, Bombings -- Ghent, Belgium, Bombings -- Chindwin River, Burma, Bombings -- Kabaw Valley, Burma, Bombings -- Tiddim Road, Burma, Bombings -- London, England, Water rescue -- North Sea, HMS Verity, HMS Malcolm, HMS Strathallan, British soldiers club -- Naples, Italy, Great Britain. Auxiliary Territorial Service, King's Dragoon Guards, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, V-1 bomb, V-2 rocket, French civilian evacuation, U.K., U.S., Luxembourg Agreement, Visitor's permits for Orkneys and Shetlands, Scotland, Ninth Air Force troop carriers -- Normandy, France, Seaforth Highlanders, Bristol Beaufighter (Fighter plane), Spitfire (Fighter plane), Typhoon (Fighter plane), A-20 (Bomber), B-25 (Bomber), Mustang (Fighter plane), Mosquito (Military aircraft), Lancaster (Bomber), Thunderbolt (Fighter plane), Focke-Wulf Fw190 (Fighter plane), Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Fighter plane), and C-47 (Transport plane)
Place Name:
Great Britain, Scotland, United States, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Burma, and India