The project develops a resource of 10,000 images from Britain and the Commonwealth, France, Germany and Austro-Hungary selected from 15,000 public information posters in the collection of the Department of Art at the Imperial War Museum. The largest and most comprehensive collection of its type in Britain, the project documents the social, political , ethnic and cultural aspirations of these belligerent nations during two world wars.

The project involves Manchester Metropolitan University and the Imperial War Museum combining their scholarly, historical and curatorial expertise to catalogue and publish on the web these 10,000 posters in the museum's collection. This internationally significant resource will be opened up to academic, curatorial and general audiences for the first time.