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| Title | You can help build me a gun |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1939 to 1945 |
| Description | Poster, color, 20 x 30 in., printed for H. M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., London. |
| Interpretation | Having a much smaller population to draw from than the United States, manpower for war production was one of Great Britain's biggest problems dueing World War II. Nevertheless, Great Britain managed to increase production due, in part, to the institution of the National Service Act. This meant that every man and woman in the country was subject to being drafted to work or fight. By 1942, out of a population of 33 million people between the ages of 14 and 65, 22 million were working full-time in industry, the armed forces, or civil defense. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | World War II; |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 13 Science, Technology and Society; 14 Political Systems; |
| Author or Creator | Great Britain. Ministry of National Service |
| Subject / Keywords | World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain; War posters, Great Britain; World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Great Britain |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | ww20272p |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7502614682002_ww20272p.jpg |
