Guevara X Britannia: War Propaganda

Keep Calm and Carry On

was a poster produced by the British government

in 1939 during the beginning of

the Second World War,

intended to raise the morale of the British public

in the event of invasion.

 

2,500,000 copies were printed,

although the poster was distributed only

in limited numbers.

The designer of the poster is not known.

 

The poster was third in a series of three.

The previous two posters from the series,

"Freedom Is In Peril. Defend It With All Your Might"

(400,000 printed)

"Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness,

Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory"

(800,000 printed)

 

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Mao Zedong,

also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung and

commonly referred to as Chairman Mao

(December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976),

was a Chinese Communist revolutionary,

guerrilla warfare strategist,

Marxist political philosopher, and

leader of the Chinese Revolution.

 

He was the architect and founding father of

the People's Republic of China (PRC) from

its establishment in 1949,

and held authoritarian control over the nation

until his death in 1976.

His theoretical contribution to Marxism–Leninism,

along with his military strategies and brand of policies,

are collectively known as Maoism

 

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara

(June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967),

commonly known as El Che or simply Che,

was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary,

physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader,

diplomat and military theorist.

A major figure of the Cuban Revolution,

his stylized visage has become a

ubiquitous countercultural symbol of

rebellion and global insignia within popular culture.

 

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Rosie the Riveter

is a cultural icon of the United States,

representing the American women

who worked in factories during World War II,

many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that

produced munitions and war supplies.

These women sometimes took entirely new jobs

replacing the male workers who were in the military.

Rosie the Riveter is commonly used as symbol of

feminism and women's economic power

 

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Uncle Sam

is a common national personification of

the American government

originally used during the War of 1812.

He is depicted as a stern elderly man with

white hair and a goatee beard.

Typically he is dressed in clothing that

recalls the design elements of the flag

of the United States—

 

based on the original

British Lord Kitchener poster

of three years earlier,

 

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Japanese Propaganda

 

the one in Thai

as you can see

there’s Malay boy, Chinese girl and

Indian boy in turban

seriously

looking like Malaysian poster

calling for unity

 

Poster of Manchukuo

promoting harmony between

Japanese, Chinese, and Manchu.

The caption says:

"With the help of Japan, China, and Manchukuo,

the world can be in peace."

The flags shown are, left to right:

the flag of Manchukuo; the flag of Japan;

the "Five Races Under One Union" flag.

 

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Nazi Propaganda,

the coordinated attempt to influence public opinion

through the use of media,

was skillfully used by the Nazi Party

in the years leading up to and during

Adolf Hitler's leadership of Germany (1933–1945).

 

Nazi propaganda provided a crucial instrument for

acquiring and maintaining power,

and for the implementation of their policies,

including the pursuit of total war and

the extermination of millions of people

in the Holocaust.

 

The pervasive use of propaganda by

the Nazis is largely responsible for

the word "propaganda"  itself

acquiring its present negative connotations

 

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"We shall defeat them!"

A French war propaganda poster of 1916

 

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Side by side - Britannia!

Poster showing Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia,

accompanied by a lion and an eagle.

dramatic reminder of the long and fruitful alliance

between the United States and Great Britain

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