World War II in 50 Posters: Understanding History Through Images

Propaganda posters from World War II reveal national values, industrial pressures, and social tensions through vivid imagery and targeted messaging across combatant nations.

Despite the increasing influence of film and radio before and during the Second World War, poster propaganda retained its ability to persuade, and its favored position as an influential tool of combatant nations. With colorful images and forceful messages, the governments of the U.S. and Europe —including distant colonie...