Content note: Swastika-bearing enemy imagery in a puzzle design, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Bits of Careless Talk Are Pieced Together by the Enemy
Poster showing a hand in a green sleeve wearing a swastika ring, placing a jigsaw piece reading 'Convoy sails for England tonight'; headline 'Bits of careless talk are pieced together by the enemy'. Fear-appeal: harmless remarks are shown assembling into usable intelligence. Transfer: the swastika ring marks the hand as the enemy's.
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government home-front campaign
- 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
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Fear appealTransfer
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
BITS OF CARELESS TALK ARE PIECED TOGETHER BY THE ENEMY Convoy sails for England tonight
Words on the puzzle pieces are read in the order 'Convoy sails for / England / tonight'.
