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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Allied Airborne Leaflets


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0076

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Allied Airborne Leaflets

Date(s): 1939-1945

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 14 volumes

Name of creator(s): Foreign Office | Political Intelligence Department

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Airborne leaflets dropped by the Allied forces during World War II (1939-1945), formed part of a propaganda campaign by the Allied forces to spread pro-Allied information throughout Europe and Asia. The leaflets were collected by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Leaflets and magazines dropped over Europe by Allied aircraft based in the United Kingdom:.
Volume 1: Belgian leaflets 1940-1944.
Volume 2: Channel Islands, Czechoslovakian and Danish leaflets 1940-1945.
Volumes 3-4: Dutch leaflets 1940-1944.
Volumes 5-8: French leaflets 1940-1944.
Volumes 9-12: German leaflets 1939-1945.
Volume 13: Italian, Luxembourg, Norwegian, Polish and Slovak leaflets 1940-1944.
Volume 14: Index of the aforementioned volumes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak

System of arrangement:

14 volumes

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Bound catalogue available

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
War | International conflicts
War propaganda | Propaganda | Persuasion | Communication process
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Foreign Office | Political Intelligence Department x Political Intelligence Department (Foreign Office)

Places
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
Channel Islands | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Czechoslovakia | Eastern Europe
Denmark | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
France | Western Europe | Europe
Germany | Western Europe | Europe
Italy | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Luxembourg | Western Europe | Europe
Netherlands | Western Europe | Europe
Norway | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
Poland | Eastern Europe