Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1943-10-19
Title:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1943-10-19
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. Air Affairs (Contributor), United States. Office of War Information (Contributor), Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (Contributor), Great Britain. Admiralty. Naval Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office. Military Affairs (Contributor), Great Britain. Foreign Office (Contributor), Royal Air Force. Middle East. Headquarters (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power (Contributor), Great Britain. War Office. Allied Force Command Post (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Supply (Contributor), Great Britain. Home Office (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Contributor), Great Britain. Ministry of War Transport (Contributor), and United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. Headquarters (Contributor)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1943-10-19
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, HMS Witch, Employment for war injured--amputees, East Surrey Regiment, Bombings--Bay of Biscay, France, Bombings--Hanover, Germany, Bombings--Berlin, Germany, Bombings--Rhodes, Greece, Bombings--Crete, Bombings--Greece, Bombings--Cos, Greece, Bombings--Italy, Bombings--Yugoslavia, Bombings--Holland, German U-Boats, Agreement for supplies to Soviet Union, U.S. combat aircraft report, U.S. Merchant Marines, British government relief for Madagascar, German merchant vessel Strasburg, Merchant Navy, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, uniforms, Battledress suits for farmworkers, Northwest African Air Forces, General Direction (Central Heating and Hot Water Plants) No.1, Hospital ship Newfoundland, Factory explosion--Scotland, National Fire Service appointments, Mosquito (Military aircraft), Junkers Ju-88 (Bomber), Lancaster (Bomber), Bristol Beaufighter (Fighter plane), and Spitfire (Fighter plane)
Place Name:
Great Britain, Germany, Rhodes, Crete, Greece, France, Holland, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Scotland