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title: Britain has sent to Russia ... Our Products Fight on Russian Fronts!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/britain-has-sent-to-russia-our-products-fight-1939/
description: 'Arrows and small drawings list British shipments to the USSR: 3,000 tanks, 3,000 aircraft, 70,000,000 rounds of ammunition, boots.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Britain has sent to Russia... Our Products Fight on Russian Fronts!, 1939 UK poster: Arrows and small drawings list British](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/britain-has-sent-to-russia-our-products-fight-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/britain-has-sent-to-russia-our-products-fight-1939.jpg)

# Britain has sent to Russia ... Our Products Fight on Russian Fronts!

Arrows and small drawings list British shipments to the USSR: 3,000 tanks, 3,000 aircraft, 70,000,000 rounds of ammunition, boots, rubber and 831,000 tons of metals and arms, with 85,000 trucks credited jointly with the United States. The card-stacking tell is that only the deliveries are tallied, with no figures for what Britain kept, what the Soviet side supplied or the period covered.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BRITAIN has
sent to RUSSIA

3,000 TANKS
3,000 AIRCRAFT
70,000,000 rounds of SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION
40,000 TONS of BOOTS
50,000 TONS of RUBBER
and with the UNITED STATES
85,000 TRUCKS

831,000 TONS OF
STEEL, BRASS, ZINC,
COPPER, LEAD, NICKEL
MACHINE TOOLS
SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION

OUR PRODUCTS FIGHT
ON RUSSIAN FRONTS!

MINISTRY OF SUPPLY Nº 75
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-3534
```

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