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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWWII is not the time to talk !
http://www.walltowatch.com/view/757/WWII+is+not+the+time+to+talk!These are messages citizens got during WWII stressing to be quiet to not bring their soldiers in danger.
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WWII is not the time to talk ! (Original Post)
steve2470
Feb 2014
OP
eventually the Britons got very sick of posters ordering them what to do all the time
MisterP
Feb 2014
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dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1. General UK expression was "Keep Mum"
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!00's here on Google Images for Careless Talk. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=careless+talk+costs+lives+propaganda&client=firefox-a&hs=0tp&rls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=25QDU9yfApHB7AbKoIDABA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=625
MisterP
(23,730 posts)6. eventually the Britons got very sick of posters ordering them what to do all the time
OTOH they had enough gyokusai-like spirit to kill their pups
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)7. Wasn't put into practice.
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MisterP
(23,730 posts)10. the book says it was the media, not the guv
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)9. Keep Mum -- She's Not So Dumb
The cost of betraying my country versus some sexual adventures with *her* is NOT a very clear-cut one
jwirr
(39,215 posts)2. I remember the letters with whole sections blacked out. One of the saying was "careless lips sink
ships."
Brother Buzz
(36,407 posts)3. Loose lips sink ships was the one I remember
But updated today it might read....
rocktivity
(44,573 posts)4. I thought this was about that Barbasol commerical
steve2470
(37,457 posts)5. That was great ! :) nt
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)8. Somebody should send this to Geraldo. Oh, wait...too late.