Britain's Air Offensive Accession Number: ARTV02198

Description

This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office to help spread word of the successful Allied bombing campaign on German territory. The poster shows most major cities with the red silhouette of size proportionate to the bombing campaign directed at that particular area. Around many of the cities and areas are also silhouettes of factories, railway yards, and aerodromes representing the reasons for the targetting of that particular place. In the lower right corner is an inset image of the Ruhr area - an area that received much attention from the Allied bombing efforts. This detail shows the specific smaller towns that were targetted. The Ruhr Valley would continue to be a major taget by Allied forces throughout the war.

This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Details

Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Places

• United Kingdom
• Germany

Units

• Royal Air Force

Tags

• Bombardment
• Maps and mapping