Allied Airborne Leaflets

This material is held atLSE Library Archives and Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 97 COLL MISC 0076
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1939-1945
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Czech , Danish , Dutch , English German , Italian Norwegian , Polish , Slovak
  • Physical Description
    • 14 volumes

Scope and Content

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.

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.

Arrangement

14 volumes

Access Information

OPEN

Other Finding Aids

Bound catalogue available

Archivist's Note

Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

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