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title: 2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/2-out-of-3-britons-mobilised-uk-1942/
description: A map of Britain filled with black and shaded human figures sits under the headline '2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war'.
section: Collection
---

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[![2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war, 1942 UK poster: A map of Britain filled with black and shaded human figures sits under](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/2-out-of-3-britons-mobilised-uk-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/2-out-of-3-britons-mobilised-uk-1942.jpg)

# 2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war

A map of Britain filled with black and shaded human figures sits under the headline '2 out of 3 Britons mobilised for war', with a boxed quotation of the Minister of Labour: 22 of 33 million aged 14 to 65 mobilised. The bandwagon tell is the headline and the figure-filled map, which present mobilisation as what most people have already done.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
2 out of 3 Britons
mobilised
for war

Black figures mobilised manpower
Shaded figures include voluntary and part-time war workers

Of 33 millions
in the United Kingdom
aged between 14 and 65,
22 millions
-two persons out of three-
have been mobilised for
armed service or for full-
time work in connection
with the war.
   This in addition to the
millions who are doing
part-time work or giving
voluntary unpaid service.
BRITISH MINISTER OF LABOUR
May 21, 1942. House of Commons.

[imprint:] G.P.G./AU./5.  Printed in England by W. R. Royle & Son Ltd. 51-2969
```

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