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title: Lick Them Over There! Come On Canada!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-lick-them-over-there-come-on-canada-1941/
description: A shouting soldier with a 'CANADA' shoulder flash and a bayoneted rifle stands on a globe above a Canadian village and points toward a dark cloud holding
section: Collection
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# Lick Them Over There! Come On Canada!

A shouting soldier with a 'CANADA' shoulder flash and a bayoneted rifle stands on a globe above a Canadian village and points toward a dark cloud holding swastikas, with a Union Jack and a convoy on the horizon. 'Come on Canada!' addresses the nation as one body (identity-fusion), and the church, village and flag are set against the swastika cloud as what is at stake (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LICK THEM
over-there!

COME ON CANADA !

[on shoulder flash:] CANADA

ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA   Printed in Canada   [code illegible]
```

[← Il y a trop de bavardages \[There is too much chatter\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-il-y-a-trop-de-bavardages-indiscretion-est-trahison-french-1941/) [Récupérez les Métaux pour Forger nos Armes! \[Salvage metals to forge our weapons!\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-recuperez-les-metaux-pour-forger-nos-armes-1941/)

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