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Dig for Victory

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We must look forward

Letter to Jack in the Dardanelles 1915

Churchill ‘during one of his darkest hours’, 1916, by Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen

Eat Less Bread

Do your worst

Churchill – Out of Office

‘Battle of Britain Day’ – 15 September

Churchill Weakened

We shall go forward together

We can only do our best

March 31, 2017

The Government encouraged the British people to ‘dig for victory’ – planting their own fruit and vegetables – and to keep chickens and pigs to supplement their diet.

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