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Soviet WW2 poster Text: Stronger punch at enemy!
At lunchtime, the women had to be separated in the cafeteria because everything they touched turned yellow. They were called the "Canary Girls" because of their bright yellow skin and green or ginger-coloured hair. With the nation's men at war and male labour in short supply, Britain's women had bee
Rosie the Riveter, the bomb girl with the bulging biceps, is an iconic image. During World War Two, one million Canadian women worked in factories.
As the demand for its products escalated early in World War II, the Army Map Service, a heritage organization of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was losing much of its largely male…
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Original Second World War artworks produced as propaganda for the Ministry of Information have gone online and are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons. More than 350 pieces have gone online so far, but there are plans to digitise the entire collection of almost 2,000 art works. We present a selection here. See this Wikimedia page for more.
Art.IWM PST 14729. whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower half in orange held within a blue inset
Parachute packers prepared the chutes that meant the difference between life and death for a man plunging from the sky.
Kicking Hitler's ass with class.
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Which uniform in the Canadian armed forces had the most flattering women's hats?
HU 68785. US Women's Army Corps (WAC) drivers and couriers Private Theresa Smith and Corporal Fay Zimmerman consult a map whilst on duty at an Eighth Air Force base in Britain
YOU CAN DO IT!!! You've found the WWII project you've been searching for! (Also works as a great activity for Women's History Month.)Decorating your classroom has never been easier, and writing about WORLD WAR II has never been more fun! Students will love working together to create a colossally coo...
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the nurses of the U.S. Navy jumped into action, treating the first casualties and preventing further loss of life and limb. Although only 1700 nurses, both active duty and reserve combined, were serving at the start of the U.S. involvement
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Tin Signs with hang holes in each corner. 12 1/2 x 16 inches. Rosie the Riveter was an allegorical cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. Rosie the Riveter is used as a symbol of American feminism and women's economic advantage. Similar images of women war workers appeared in other countries such as Britain and Australia
A huge collection of British propaganda posters, featuring everything from Spitfires to Hitler, is to be sold at auction
On display at the Farnborough Air Services Trust Museum
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Fashion in the fight against fascism.
A group of female US pilots walk across the tarmac with their equipment, June 13, 1942. They are part of group of female US pilots who ferry warplanes from factories and US bases to the front.
