The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British Second World War poster highlighting different ways of maintaining tyres and therefore making them last longer. The poster depicts a map of England and Wales with a superimposed swastika, with text identifying various different methods of making tyres last longer. Following the Fall of Singapore and the Japanese movement in South East Asia as part of their Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, many of the tradition areas used for growing rubber became inaccessible. As a result, there was a great shortage of the material. This poster highlights the fact that if people maintain their tyres, then there will be more of this scarce supply to put towards the war effort. By the end of both the First and Second World War, Germany for example was so deficient in rubber, that they had to invent ersatz goods to replace rubber items such as tyres.
Following Japan's early push through South East Asia as part of their Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity sphere, they took much land that contained rubber plantations. With the loss of this supply, coup
As the Second World War progressed, and the Japanese pursued their desire for control of a Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, they took control of a large amount of territory throughout South Ea
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put
During the Second World War, to lighten the pressures of production for civil resources and thus allow greater resources to be pulled into war-related production, most governments around the world put
British Second World War poster describing the different ways of correctly maintaining farm machinery. The poster gives information on equipment such as ploughs, mowers, and potato diggers, and how to
British Second World War poster describing the different ways of correctly maintaining farm machinery. The poster gives information on equipment such as ploughs, mowers, and potato diggers, and how to