Speed The Victory - Buy Victory Bonds

A long red and blue banner shows a winged 'V' shield between the words 'Speed the Victory' and 'Buy Victory Bonds'. The tell is the abstract slogan and winged-V emblem, which carry the appeal with no concrete claim about what the bonds fund.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalities

Date: 1939
Period: Second World War
Made by: Government of Canada war-finance campaign (Victory Loan / War Savings); no issuer imprint legible on the poster
Region: North America
Country: Canada
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Mackenzie King Government
Leader: William Lyon Mackenzie King
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Fundraise
Themes: Economy and finance, Home front
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: Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (Canadian pre-1946)
Government of Canada war-finance campaign (Victory Loan / War Savings); no issuer imprint legible on the poster. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-674.