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The extraordinary story behind Britain's most famous slogan

Six months after World War Two was declared in April 1940, Germany invaded Norway and Denmark. But in Britain, war was still something people read about, and the thought of invasion was very remote. The morale booster red poster campaign with the iconic British slogan 'keep calm and carry on' was behind their calmness, only deemed to failure.

Watch the full documentary on BBC Select.