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The Lives of These Men Depend on Your Work
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Maker: Unknown Director General of Aircraft Production Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Ltd.
Canadian Second World War poster that aims to promote the importance of munitions workers, particularly for the role in the production of aircraft. The poster depicts a man working on a lathe in the f...ARTV02460
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The Village Warburg (detail)
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a paddock, behind which are buildings in the village of Warburg, Germany. Oflag VIB was a POW camp in Dossel (part of Warburg), Germany, in use from 1940-45. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a p...ART96084
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They're closer than you think!
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Maker: Stoops, Herbert Morton [S.L.] : ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, U.S. ARMY, 1942 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
United States propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst ...ARTV06533
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This was Hamburg, Germany
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Maker: Unknown US Office Of War Information
This poster consists of five photographs of the bombing of Hamburg, in newsletter published by the United States Office of War Information, 'United News' vol. II, No. 2. The subtitle is: The RAF and U...ARTV00400
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Thousand Bomber Strike
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Maker: Freedman, Harold
This is an imaginative canvas by Freedman created from a description given by Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson DFC, DFM, AFC, of the first thousand bomber raid on Cologne, Germany, May 1942. Of this w...ART26988
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Tribute to you Halifax
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Maker: London Ministry of Aircraft Production H.M. Stationery Office
This is a British poster depicting a Halifax aircraft with the slogan 'Tribute to you'. It contains text under the heading Halifax Bulletin No. 13: Two engines blazing; inter-com severed, tanks holed ...ARTV01569
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Un "doing his bit"!
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Maker: Mac
British Second World War poster discouraging soldiers from 'souveniring' (taking) parts off of captured Axis technology - in this case a tank. The poster identifies that by removing parts from Axis te...ARTV02892
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[Untitled]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a courtyard lined with buildings, and a tall clock tower. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF for 5...ART96087
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VIB (Baden Patent water heater?) [Dossel, Germany]
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a single storey building in the Oflag VIB POW camp. Oflag VIB was a POW camp in Dossel, Germany, in use from 1940-45. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In la...ART96090
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Warburg
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts the interior of a room at the POW camp at Warburg in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. In late 1936 he joined the RAAF and was seconded to the RAF f...ART96079
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Warburg VIB
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts a ploughed field and a number of farm buildings. A man in the lower right corner walks across the field with a dog. Oflag VIB was a POW camp in Dossel (part of Warburg), Germany, in use from 1...ART96093
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Why no one tella us something?
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Maker: Rafty, Tony [S.L. : S.N.], 1943
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV05975
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XVIB Looking South
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Maker: Grey-Smith, Guy Grey-Smith, Guy
Depicts an agricultural landscape with trees without leaves, possibly as seen from Oflag XVIB, the POW camp at Dossel in Germany. Guy Grey-Smith (1916-1981) was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist. I...ART96066