Keep Mum - She's Not so Dumb! - Careless Talk Costs Lives Frame:white Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery

watches the beginning of the German retreat from El Alamein from the turret of his Grant Tank

with figures walking along the riverside path anda palm grove to the side

airy and well planned dwellings make a great contribution to the Rehousing movement

a black and white speckled chicken and a white rabbit look out fromit's pouch

Keep Mum - She's Not so Dumb! - Careless Talk Costs Lives Frame:white Field Marshal Sir Bernard MontgomeryCreated in 1941 by Harold Forster, an artist noted for his illustrations on pre war Black Magic chocolate boxes, KeepMum Shes Not so Dumb is typical of Second World War British propaganda attempts to instil caution in the public through humorous,memorable slogans, rather than through fear inducing images of spies and saboteurs. Today, of course, this particular slogan appears ratherchauvinistic.