Allied Propaganda in World War II and the British Political Warfare Executive (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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This collection presents the complete files of the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) from its instigation to closure in 1946, along with minutes of the special 1944 War Cabinet Committee "Breaking the German Will to Resist." Included here is all the correspondence, minutes and agents’ mission files along with a complete collection of the airborne propaganda leaflets dropped over Europe by the British and American air forces. These leaflets, single sheets and miniature books are often highly illustrated, sometimes satirical and sometimes intended to boost morale with speeches or addresses from exiled leaders. They were produced in all nine languages of the recipient countries.


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