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)
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
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.
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
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,
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.
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
"We shall defeat them!"
A French war propaganda poster of 1916
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
