Belgium Fights On
A Belgian soldier marked 'BELGIUM' charges with a bayonet across the image, while behind him bombers, helmeted riflemen aiming and a row of bound figures are drawn in grey. The tell is the staged threat (aircraft, firing line, captives) set against the fighter, which frames giving to the relief society as support for the resisting nation.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Belgian War Relief Society, Inc., New York (participant in the National War Fund); artist R. Sturbelle
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (private US charity imprint, no rights statement)
The Belgian War Relief Society, Inc.; artist R. Sturbelle. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-38.
Text on the object
BELGIUM FIGHTS ON The Belgian War Relief Society, Inc. (Participant in National War Fund) 420 Lexington Ave. New York
