World War 2 Posters

But war means death.

World war 2 posters. Keep calm and carry on was a motivational poster produced by the british government in 1939 in preparation for world war ii the poster was intended to raise the morale of the british public threatened with widely predicted mass air attacks on major cities. 13 x 19 in. World war ii posters. Although 2 45 million copies were printed and the blitz did in fact take place the poster was only rarely publicly displayed and was.

The connection between the food grown in the ground and the food on your plate was one the government was keen to emphasise particularly for those who lived in built up areas and were not familiar with growing their own fruit and. During world war ii allied and axis forces used propaganda posters to spread their messages around the world. The mortal realities of war must be impressed vividly on every citizen. American illustrator adolph treidler created several posters during world war ii celebrating women ordnance workers or wows who made military materials such as weapons and munitions.

The motivational poster shows a beautiful woman tackling a traditionally male job with the line she s a wow. World war ii posters. They hail from the united states great britain the soviet union germany japan italy and vichy france. 12 x 16 in other sizes.

When britain and france went to war with germany in 1939 americans were divided over whether to join the war effort. 19 x 13 in. Let s all fight buy war bonds wwii war propaganda art print poster. World war ii was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

Abram games was appointed official war office poster artist and created this effective poster to encourage people to grow their own food using all available space. Rising to power in an unstable germany adolf hitler and his national socialist nazi party rearmed the nation and signed treaties. There is a lighter side to the war picture particularly among americans who are irrepressibly cheerful and optimistic. There are countless examples of racist propaganda posters from world war ii but one of the best examples was the american poster this is the enemy shocking by today s standards it shows a grinning caricature of a japanese soldier with slanted eyes and simian arms carrying away a naked white woman while others swing from their necks in the burning background.