'If the Invader Comes'
Theme : World War Two

Codenamed Operation Sealion, Hitler's plans to invade Britain were set for July 1940. Following the German invasions of Poland and France, it was a threat taken seriously. This leaflet issued in 1940 by the Ministry of Information in co-operation with the War Office and the Ministry of Home Security was entitled If the Invader Comes. It's message is a practical one and it's tone up-beat in an attempt to quell the very real fears which civilians must have been experiencing - "The Germans threaten to invade Great Britain. If they do so they will be driven out by our Navy, our Army and our Air Force." People are advised not to be taken by surprise; not to flee their homes but to 'stay put' ; not to believe or spread rumours; to keep watch; not to help Germans in any way but to be ready to help the military. "Remember always that the best defence of Great Britain is the courage of her men and women.....Think before you act, but think always of your country before you think of yourself."

This Item is located at The Museum Stores at Landore in the Stores