Danke Schön! "Thanks for the Tip-off"

A grinning German naval officer in a peaked cap rubs his hands over a swastika-marked hull, with a burning ship sinking behind him, under 'Danke Schön! Thanks for the Tip-off'. The sunk ship stages the harm that loose talk can cause (fear-appeal), and the leering caricature of the enemy is the loaded label in picture form (name-calling).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appealName-calling

Date

1942

Period

Second World War

Made by

Wartime Information Board, Ottawa; produced by the National Film Board; artist Taber

Region

North America

Country

Canada

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Mackenzie King Government

Leader

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Security and surveillance, War and the military

Event

World War II

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

Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Wartime Information Board (Canada); produced by the National Film Board, Ottawa; artist Taber. U.S. National Archives, World War II Foreign Posters (NAID 44267579).

Danke Schön!
“THANKS
for the Tip-off”
Issued by Wartime Information Board—Produced by National Film Board, Ottawa. Printed in Canada. Code No. —7E.
[signature:] Taber

Thank you very much!
“THANKS
for the Tip-off”
Issued by Wartime Information Board—Produced by National Film Board, Ottawa. Printed in Canada. Code No. —7E.
[signature:] Taber