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title: 'Battle! How WE are helping in the Battle: Hurricanes must have Zinc and Sulphuric Acid'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/battle-hurricanes-must-have-zinc-sulphuric-acid-1939/
description: A photograph of five RAF fighters above cloud carries the headline 'Battle!', beside a panel listing the zinc and sulphuric acid needed for aircraft.
section: Collection
---

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[![Battle! How WE are helping in the Battle: Hurricanes must have Zinc and Sulphuric Acid, 1939 UK poster: A photograph of five](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/battle-hurricanes-must-have-zinc-sulphuric-acid-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/battle-hurricanes-must-have-zinc-sulphuric-acid-1939.jpg)

# Battle! How WE are helping in the Battle: Hurricanes must have Zinc and Sulphuric Acid

A photograph of five RAF fighters above cloud carries the headline 'Battle!', beside a panel listing the zinc and sulphuric acid needed for aircraft, brass parts, radio and munitions. The transfer tell is the borrowing of the fighter formation's prestige for a materials appeal, and 'How WE are helping' places the reader in the effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Battle!

How WE
are helping
in the Battle

Hurricanes
must have
ZINC
and
SULPHURIC
ACID
for
Moulds for making metal pressings
All brass parts and cartridge cases
Radio parts
Rust prevention
Cordite for the guns
H.E. for bombs and cannon shells

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-2381
M. of S.
```

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