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title: Buy that invasion bond!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-that-invasion-bond-1944/
description: 'Painted beach-assault scene: infantry with submachine gun and rifles climb a bank above landing craft, with burning ships.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Buy that invasion bond!, 1944 US poster: Painted beach-assault scene](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-that-invasion-bond-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-that-invasion-bond-1944.jpg)

# Buy that invasion bond!

Painted beach-assault scene: infantry with submachine gun and rifles climb a bank above landing craft, with burning ships, explosions and aircraft overhead, under the headline 'Buy that invasion bond!'. The danger of combat is tied directly to the purchase (transfer), with the burning vessels adding a fear-appeal note.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BUY THAT INVASION BOND!
[signature:] R. MOORE
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-597796
[imprint:] OFFICIAL U.S. TREASURY POSTER
[imprint:] WFD 937
```

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