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title: Be Ready - The Army Must Finish the Job!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-be-ready-the-army-must-finish-the-job-1939/
description: A close, low-angle drawing of a soldier's gloved fist gripping a bayoneted rifle, with helmet and webbing, against a red-and-yellow glare.
section: Collection
---

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# Be Ready - The Army Must Finish the Job!

A close, low-angle drawing of a soldier's gloved fist gripping a bayoneted rifle, with helmet and webbing, against a red-and-yellow glare, under the headline 'Be Ready'. The 'transfer' tell is the anonymous gripping fist and kit standing for the whole army, so its determination is attached to whoever reads the caption 'The Army Must Finish the Job!'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Be Ready

THE ARMY
MUST FINISH THE JOB!

ISSUED FOR THE DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, OTTAWA.
PRINTED IN CANADA

[signature:] Taber
```

[← À l'œuvre, c'est notre guerre \[At work, it's our war\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-a-loeuvre-cest-notre-guerre-french-1939/) [Brother - It's No Push-Over! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-brother-its-no-push-over-1939/)

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