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Propaganda

Propaganda. Ministry of Information. Created during World War I Recreated during World War II Government department responsible for publicity and propaganda Ministers of Information Lord Macmillan (4 September 1939 - 5 January 1940) Sir John Reith (5 January 1940 - 12 May 1940)

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Propaganda

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  1. Propaganda

  2. Ministry of Information • Created during World War I • Recreated during World War II • Government department responsible for publicity and propaganda Ministers of Information • Lord Macmillan (4 September 1939 - 5 January 1940) • Sir John Reith (5 January 1940 - 12 May 1940) • Alfred Duff Cooper (12 May 1940 - 20 July 1941) • Brendan Bracken (20 July 1941 - 25 May 1945) • Geoffrey Lloyd (25 May 1945 - 26 July 1945) • Edward Williams (4 August 1945 - 31 March 1946)

  3. Cinema • Attempt to create support for Allied Forces • Show threat of German invasion (Went the Day Well?, 1942) • Films show foreign resistance • Churchill ordered Why We Fight to be shown to GB public

  4. Newsreels • Newsreels were used to keep the public informed • Used to show atrocities of Germany, such as the bombing of St Paul’s Cathedral • Used to encourage British to support the war effort

  5. Radio • Day-by-day dramatisation of the Battle of Britain • http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/battleofbritain/11425.shtml

  6. Dunkirk spirit • The event in which people evacuated the Dunkirk troops in the battle on Dunkirk using pleasure boats etc.

  7. Volunteering- WVS • Womens voluntary service. • Mother and baby clubs • Benevolent society • Empty halls shops factories were used as accommodation canteens by members of the WVS • WVS members took in lodgers etc service women and children.

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