Another enemy to conquer: woods fires, nine out of ten can be prevented
Illustrated poster of a squirrel and three young in a tree hollow looking up and away, with flames at the left edge, beside the text 'Another enemy to conquer: woods fires, nine out of ten can be prevented'. Wartime 'enemy' language is applied to forest fires, and the frightened animals carry the fear-appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-406 (NAID 513857).
Text on the object
ANOTHER ENEMY TO CONQUER WOODS FIRES NINE OUT OF TEN CAN BE PREVENTED [signature:] B.T. [imprint:] U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-615997 [imprint:] State Forest Service
