Hvor stammede ordsproget keep calm and carry on?
Plakaten Keep Calm and Carry On blev designet af informationsministeriet i perioden 27. juni til 6. juli 1939. Den blev fremstillet som en del af en serie på tre plakater med titlen "Home Publicity" (de andre plakater hed "Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory" og "Freedom Is in Peril / Defend It With All Your Might"). Hver plakat viste sloganet under en afbildning af en "Tudor-krone" (et statssymbol). De var beregnet til at blive uddelt for at styrke moralen i tilfælde af en krigskatastrofe, som f.eks. massebombninger af større byer med højeksplosivstoffer og giftgas, der i vid udstrækning forventedes inden for få timer efter krigsudbruddet.
The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was designed by the Ministry of Information during the period of 27 June to 6 July 1939. It was produced as part of a series of three "Home Publicity" posters (the others read "Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory" and "Freedom Is in Peril / Defend It With All Your Might"). Each poster showed the slogan under a representation of a "Tudor Crown" (a symbol of the state). They were intended to be distributed to strengthen morale in the event of a wartime disaster, such as mass bombing of major cities using high explosives and poison gas, which was widely expected within hours of an outbreak of war.
Keep Calm and Carry On