"God Our Defence leaflet" [NMLH.1992.343.8]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.343.8

Object Name
Leaflet

Title
God Our Defence

People
War Resisters' International (WRI); No More War Movement

Events
First World War; Interwar Period

Date
1929

Description
Leaflet printed on brown paper titled "God Our Defence" which argues the Church can prevent a second world war coming. It describes "nine successive Armistice Days" suggesting it was produced around 1928-29. It ends with a declaration to not support or take part in any war. It was produced by War Resisters' International (WRI). The British Section was named the No More War Movement during the 1930s.


Founded in the Netherlands in 1921, War Resisters International (WRI) is a global pacifist and antimilitarist organisation working in 40 countries to campaign against wars and promote and educate on nonviolence.

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