https://britishempireatwar.org/events/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/seetheworld.jpgseetheworldhttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-11-42-54.jpg2012-03-19 11.42.542015-06-02T15:00:06+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/bibliography/2014-07-24T13:40:07+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/research-papers/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-08-21-12-30-11.jpg2007-08-21 12.30.11Attempting to steel the morale of the Sri Lankan population, this poster offers a frightening view of what life would be like if the Japanese invaded. Copyright Sri Lanka National Archives.2014-07-23T10:23:19+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/iran-and-iraq/2014-07-17T23:05:35+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/links-and-sponsors/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gweaa-logo.jpgGWEAA logohttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gws-logo.jpgGWS logohttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/new-kcl-4-colour-2.jpgNew KCL 4 colour (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/moot-banner-v2-2.pngMoot banner v2 (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-british-empire-at-war-final-01-2.jpgThe British Empire at War - Final-01 (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sofo_logo_rgb-22.jpgSOFO_logo_RGB (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sofo_logo_rgb-21.jpgSOFO_logo_RGB (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sofo_logo_rgb-2.jpgSOFO_logo_RGB (2)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ccw_logo_ppt.jpgccw_logo_PPThttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ucd-cws-logo4.jpgUCD CWS Logo2014-07-17T22:46:33+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/members/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-08-21-12-31-371.jpg2007-08-21 12.31.37A striking Second World War recruitment poster showing the British lion and the lion of Lanka. Copyright Sri Lanka National Archives.2014-03-16T23:47:33+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/current-projects/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/arab-image.jpgArab imageA propaganda image shown by British political officers in the Gulf during the Second World War. Thanks to Dr Chris Tripodi2013-10-10T17:46:56+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/conference/2013-09-20T11:34:20+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/2012/09/25/britishempireatwar/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2006-09-27-10-15-40.jpg2006-09-27 10.15.40British troops in Burmahttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2005-07-17-19-41-42-e1372251609158.jpg2005-07-17 19.41.42https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/6554072-cut-out.jpg6554072 cut outWar and empire in British popular culture: "The Boys' and Girls' Adventure Book" (1935), containing stories about gunboat diplomacy and the role of air power in imperial policing.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2005-07-17-19-41-38-e1371471754156.jpg2005-07-17 19.41.38https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2008-03-18-17-24-13-e1371471450462.jpg2008-03-18 17.24.13War and empire in British popular culture: "A Fight with the Zulus". Englishmen - looking remarkably like the public school boys that the publication was aimed at - fight Zulu warriors. From "Chums", 1916.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2011-05-02-11-50-43.jpg2011-05-02 11.50.43A map of Grand Harbour prepared by the Royal Navy in the 1880s, showing the fortifications of Valletta (left) and the 'three cities' opposite, including Fort St Angelo at the tip of the Vittoriosa promontory (centre).https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2011-09-12-11-02-50.jpg2011-09-12 11.02.50'Bovril, a Factor in Our Empire's Strength': An advertisement from the 1890s, forging a link between the product and British imperial and military vigour.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2011-09-12-11-02-00.jpg2011-09-12 11.02.00An advertisement for Bovril from 1900, showing how Field Marshal Lord Robert's advance in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War (allegedly) spelled out the product's name.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-11-42-28.jpg2012-03-19 11.42.28January 1944: Swazi troops of 1991 Swaziland Smoke Company wait at Castellammare for transit to Anzio, where they were to create smokescreens to shield the invasion area from the enemy.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/our-allies-the-colonies.jpgBritish propaganda poster from the Second World War, part of a series depicting service personnel from the colonial empire. This one features a soldier of the Royal West African Frontier Force. The names of the colonies appear on either side.2013-06-26T13:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://britishempireatwar.org/contact/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2005-08-04-12-37-50-e1371471243139.jpg2005-08-04 12.37.50An East African recruitment poster from the Second World War.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/birgu-dsc_6429.jpgBirgu.DSC_6429Fort St Angelo at the tip of the Vittoriosa promontory, Grand Harbour, Malta. Constructed by the Knights of St John, it was adopted by the British Army as a fort and, from the 1900s, by the Royal Navy as an administration, communication, and accommodation facility, finally evacuated in 1979 when Britain's military presence in Malta ended.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-09-15-08-16-27.jpg2007-09-15 08.16.27'The Weekly Dekko', a magazine produced by the service personnel of HMS 'Braganza', a naval establishment in Bombay, 1944.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-08-21-12-31-09.jpg2007-08-21 12.31.09A Second World War recruitment poster from Ceylon, reminiscent of the famous First World War poster showing Field Marshal Lord Kitchener demanding the viewer to join up.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-08-21-12-15-56.jpg2007-08-21 12.15.56A Government of Ceylon propaganda poster underlining the perils of 'careless talk', c. 1941.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/q_002393.jpgQ_002393The Western Front, June 1917: Zulu members of the South African Native Labour Contingent perform in a War Dance and Sports event at Dannes. Copyright Imperial War Museum.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/saf_000205.jpgSAF_000205Women in the Bechuanaland Protectorate knitting comforts for Tswana soldiers serving with the British Army in the Middle East, 1941. Copyright Imperial War Museumhttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ci_001006.jpgCI_001006https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tr_001255.jpgTR_001255RAF training aircraft being serviced in Southern Rhodesia by Basotho 'hangar boys'. Copyright Imperial War Museum.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-10-38-462.jpg2012-03-19 10.38.46The crew of the Colony class cruiser HMS 'Mauritius' clean her guns during the Second World War2013-06-17T12:16:02+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/convenors/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/canada-astride.jpgCanada astridehttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2007-08-21-12-32-58.jpg2007-08-21 12.32.58A poster aimed at sustaining morale on the Sri Lankan home front during the Second World War. Copyright Sri Lanka National Archives.2013-06-01T21:59:23+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/ahrc-project/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cmyk-lscape-11.jpgCMYK LScape (1)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cmyk-lscape-1.jpgCMYK LScape (1)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cmyk-portrait-1.jpgCMYK Portrait (1)https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-10-36-182.jpg2012-03-19 10.36.18Colombo, Ceylon: Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet, inspects members of the Women's Royal Naval Service on his birthday, 17 July 1944. Copyright Imperial War Museum.https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-10-36-181.jpg2012-03-19 10.36.18Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet, inspects members of the Women's Royal Naval Service in Ceylon, 1943. Copyright Imperial War Museumhttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2012-03-19-10-36-18.jpg2012-03-19 10.36.182013-04-26T15:18:12+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.org/the-beyond-the-battlefield-project/https://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/singapore-2-017.jpgSingapore 2 017British Army barracks, Fort Canning, Singaporehttps://britishempireatwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/singapore-1-022.jpgSingapore 1 022Singapore War Memorial to the civilian dead2012-12-15T08:35:39+00:00weekly0.6https://britishempireatwar.orgdaily1.02015-06-02T15:00:06+00:00