PERSUADING THE PEOPLE

During the Second World War, the UK government created the Central Office of Information to act as the country's marketing and commu nications agency. In these desperate times, the Office produced steady streams of propaganda for the home front, for the colonies an d for dissemination through occupied countries. In addition to patriotic material encouraging Britons to maintain a stiff upper lip, thousands of postcards, leaflets, posters, booklets and other promotional materials were dropped from aircraft over occupied countr ies in W...[Llegir més]