Back the attack! Buy war bonds
Painted poster of a helmeted paratrooper with a submachine gun crouching at a ridge, a large parachute canopy at upper left, many parachutes and a transport aircraft in the sky behind. Red headline 'Back the attack!' and a grey band 'Buy war bonds'. The soldier's image is attached to the bond appeal (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division; artist Schreiber
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- 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. Treasury Department, War Finance Division; artist Schreiber. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-451 (NAID 513920).
Text on the object
Back the Attack! BUY WAR BONDS [signature: Schreiber '43] [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—527864] [imprint: WBS 829-A]
