Topic: Nature of the Enemy (Posters)
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Although the vast majority of Americans never saw an actual enemy combatant during World War II, they did see countless depictions of the enemy. Wartime poster artists frequently depicted the Allies’ various enemies as ruthless, vicious, backstabbing, inhuman, or demonic. Such imagery often resorted to exaggeration and hyperbole. Yet the point of the intense propaganda imagery was clear: losing the war to the Axis powers would be a global catastrophe.
This is Nazi Brutality
Title: This is Nazi Brutality
Year: 1943
Artist: Ben Shahn
Published: Office of War Information
This is the Enemy
Title: This is the Enemy
Year: 1943
Artist: unknown
Published: Office of War Information
We Shall Soon Have our Storm Troopers in America!
Title: We Shall Soon Have our Storm Troopers in America!
Year: 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: Office of War Information
Your Bit Can Help Drive Him Mad!
Title: Your Bit Can Help Drive Him Mad!
Year: 1942
Artist: Hamill
Published: unknown
This World Cannot Exist
Title: This World Cannot Exist
Year: 1942
Artist: John Falter
Published: Office of Facts and Figures
They’re Closer Than You Think!
Title: They’re Closer Than You Think!
Year: 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: Ordnance Department, US Army
Stop Him
Title: Stop Him
Year: 1945
Artist: Harry Morse Meyers
Published: US Army
Careless Matches Aid the Axis
Title: Careless Matches Aid the Axis
Year: 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: U. S. Department of Agriculture and US Forest Service
Enemies Both!
Title: Enemies Both!
Year: 1944
Artist: Frank Mack
Published: Naval Medical Command
