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They Also Fight Who Only Stand and Wait- Part-time War work in Surrey, England, 1943 D14158

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They Also Fight Who Only Stand and Wait- Part-time War work in Surrey, England, 1943

At the Chillingfold/Chiddingfold depot, the head supervisor Mrs Harner weighs bags of rivets after they have been sorted by part-time war worker in various 'workshops' in the local area.

The UK Ministry of Information was established in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II. It was responsible for coordinating and controlling all government information and propaganda, both within the UK and abroad. The Ministry of Information was created to help the government communicate with the public and to ensure that important information was disseminated effectively. It was also responsible for managing the media and censoring certain types of information that might be harmful to morale or national security. The Ministry of Information played a crucial role in shaping public opinion during the war, and it worked closely with other government departments to develop and implement a range of propaganda campaigns. The Ministry of Information was dissolved in 1946, following the end of World War II.

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1943
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Imperial War Museums
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1943 in surrey chiddingfold ministry of information second world war official collection uk government artistic works world war ii home front in the united kingdom great britain wwii surrey england united kingdom