Catalogue Number
NMLH.2004.29.57
Object Name
Leaflet
Title
Unity For Victory Victory In 1942; Manchester Salutes Our Soviet Ally; Double Production To Stop The War; Invasion Manoeuvres; Let the Commando Spirit Sweep Thru Britain; 1942; March On May Sunday Against Fascism....
Place
Manchester & Lancashire & England & UK; Russia: Soviet Union
People
Hitler, Harry Pollitt, W. Gallagher, F. Mitton, Winston Churchill, Ern Brooks, Barbara Niven
Events
War & World War II
Date
circa 1941-1942
Description
In June 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of Great Britain produced a wide range of leaflets in their campaign to get the Allied governments to open a Second Front in Western Europe and aid Russia. The party had an active membership in industrial Manchester and Lancashire.
Within a few months of Russia being invaded Manchester's citizens declared their support for the Russian people, particularly for the citizens of Stalingrad. Manchester Council established the Lord Mayor of Manchester's Anglo-Russian Friendship Committee and an "Aid-To-Russia" Fund was set up.
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