“The willingness of civilians to contribute to the war effort was of decisive military importance because Britain’s armed forces depended on the industrial and organisational skills of the home population.” (Donnelly, M. Britain in the Second World War, 1999, p.70)
This chapter considers the posters produced for industry. Unlike in the First World War, when the lack of a uniform indicated that men were ‘cowards’, and given white feathers, workers needed convincing of the importance of their work. Whether producing military or non-military equipment, people needed convincing that they were contributing to the war effort, particularly when working only on a small part of the production line, where the purpose of the part was not obvious. Set against the context of the strikes of the interwar years, production needed to be valued again.
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Further books need to be added to this section, and the summary needs to be updated
See PhD Proposal and Bibliography
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