WORLD WAR I
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Propaganda Posters WWI
This is Your Flag
Recruitment poster for the 207th Battalion of Ottawa-Carleton. Recruitment took place at the recruiting office on Sparks Street. The unit went overseas in 1917, but was broken up and its men sent to reinforce other front-line infantry battalions, including the 2nd, the 21st, the 38th Battalions and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Wartime Recruiting Poster, CWM 19820376-008
Once a German - Always a German!
An outrageous anti-German propaganda poster that draws upon stories of the atrocities committed by Germans during the war, from the occupation of Belgium, the bayoneting of a baby, the execution of civilians, the murder of Nurse Edith Cavell, and unrestricted submarine warfare that targeted innocent civilian ships. This British poster encouraged citizens not to hire Germans or buy German goods. Propaganda Poster CWM 19720121-086
Souscrivez a l'Emprunt de la Victoire (Subscribe to the Victory Loan)
Canada created the War Poster Service in 1916 to produce posters in both official languages. As the war progressed and the need for money and soldiers became more pressing, posters became more graphic and direct in their messages. In this poster, a Canadian soldier pointedly asks members of the public to buy war bonds in support of the war effort. The design was based loosely on the popular and mass-produced 1914 poster of Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, exhorting Britons to join the British Army Fund-Raising Poster CWM 19920166-186
Recruitment poster for the 207th Battalion of Ottawa-Carleton. Recruitment took place at the recruiting office on Sparks Street. The unit went overseas in 1917, but was broken up and its men sent to reinforce other front-line infantry battalions, including the 2nd, the 21st, the 38th Battalions and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Wartime Recruiting Poster, CWM 19820376-008
Once a German - Always a German!
An outrageous anti-German propaganda poster that draws upon stories of the atrocities committed by Germans during the war, from the occupation of Belgium, the bayoneting of a baby, the execution of civilians, the murder of Nurse Edith Cavell, and unrestricted submarine warfare that targeted innocent civilian ships. This British poster encouraged citizens not to hire Germans or buy German goods. Propaganda Poster CWM 19720121-086
Souscrivez a l'Emprunt de la Victoire (Subscribe to the Victory Loan)
Canada created the War Poster Service in 1916 to produce posters in both official languages. As the war progressed and the need for money and soldiers became more pressing, posters became more graphic and direct in their messages. In this poster, a Canadian soldier pointedly asks members of the public to buy war bonds in support of the war effort. The design was based loosely on the popular and mass-produced 1914 poster of Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, exhorting Britons to join the British Army Fund-Raising Poster CWM 19920166-186
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