Britain's Shock Troops Raid the Enemy Coast
A photograph of Commandos wading ashore from landing craft on a rocky beach, captioned as a practice assault exercise. The tell for card stacking is the claim that raids cause 'great unrest' in German garrisons, stated without examples; the 'For Freedom' emblem is the glittering-generalities marker. The text itself says the scene is an exercise.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government 'For Freedom' picture series (no issuing department or printer named on the sheet)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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
British government 'For Freedom' series (issuer not named on sheet). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-172r.
Text on the object
BRITAIN'S SHOCK TROOPS RAID THE ENEMY COAST THE COMMANDOS, specially trained troops for raiding enemy-occupied territory, are causing great unrest in German garrisons, through their lightning raids on the coasts of Norway and France. The Germans never know where the British Commandos will strike next. Here they are practising an assault exercise with their special flat-bottomed landing craft. [emblem:] FOR FREEDOM [sheet mark:] E.A. 1.
