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(#7) It Can Happen Here
Beating the Axis in production was critical to the war effort. This poster uses the fear of destruction at home to motivate workers to make more equipment to be used abroad.
The message is clear: keep working, or you're next.
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(#3) Do With Less
Rationing was a part of daily life in the Allied countries, and the civilian population had to pull together and be okay with having less.
This poster (which has since become a popular internet meme) reminds citizens that they're going without the luxury of coffee so the people at the front can have it.
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(#4) We Can Do It!
J. Howard Miller designed this inspirational poster in 1942 as a morale booster for Westinghouse Electric employees. It was one of many forms of propaganda telling women workers to do their part to make the equipment needed for men at the front. The poster wasn't used much in the war and was only rediscovered in the 1980s.
Known as "Rosie the Riveter," the woman depicted is most likely factory employee Geraldine Hoff, who left the Westinghouse factory shortly after the photo was taken.
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(#19) Lay-Offs Cost Lives
Attendance was crucial for war workers, and a worker who took a day off to sleep in wasn't just slacking, he was working for Hitler - according to this poster.
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(#13) The Japanese FDR
This Japanese propaganda poster portrayed President Roosevelt as a decrepit monster, done in much the same style as American portrayals of Japanese figures like Tojo.
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(#12) Fighting Filipinos
In the early part of the 20th Century, anti-Filipino sentiments ran high in the US due to the brutal Philippine Insurrection. The island nation's brutal subjugation by Japan shocked Americans.
Posters like this highlighted the courage and struggle of the Filipino people against the Japanese.
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During the Second World War, governments of various countries drew many propaganda posters in order to boost the morale and willingness of soldiers and people to join the army. Because the printing technology at that time was relatively backward, most of the World War II propaganda posters could not be printed in large quantities. It was only until the end of the 20th century that people were able to collect some posters left after the war.
The styles of these propaganda posters are very different, but they are all full of irony. The poster played a huge role in World War II, boosting morale and making people realize the importance of what every soldier and worker does. The random tool displays 19 World War II propaganda posters.
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