Content note: Nazi swastika under a white flag on a globe. This object is shown as it was published. Why
U.S. soldier steps from defeated Germany to Japan (PWB propaganda sheet)
A colour sheet in which a helmeted American soldier, a second soldier behind him, strides from a globe flying a white flag over a swastika onto a globe whose only label is the Japanese characters for Japan. The tell is the sequence as proof: Germany's collapse is shown as a step already taken and Japan as the next ground, with no argument or figure offered. The only text on the face is the word 'Japan'.
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Forces, Pacific, Psychological Warfare Branch
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- BandwagonFear appeal
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; LOC: No known restrictions on publication)
U.S. Army Forces, Pacific, Psychological Warfare Branch (LOT 8093 main entry); Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Text on the object
日本
Japan
The only text on the face is the label on the right-hand globe, 日本, set on the red-brown Japanese islands. The swastika carries no text. Whether a verso exists is not recorded by the Library.
