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title: 'Travail précis -- Riposte à l''ennemi [Precise work: a reply to the enemy] (Canadian poster in French)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-travail-precis-riposte-a-lennemi-french-1939/
description: A micrometer gauge is topped by the grinning face of a helmeted soldier on a red ground, with the French headline 'Precise work -- a reply to the enemy'.
section: Collection
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[![Travail précis -- Riposte à l'ennemi \[Precise work: a reply to the enemy\], 1939 Canada poster: A micrometer gauge is topped](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-travail-precis-riposte-a-lennemi-french-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-travail-precis-riposte-a-lennemi-french-1939.jpg)

# Travail précis -- Riposte à l'ennemi [Precise work: a reply to the enemy] (Canadian poster in French)

A micrometer gauge is topped by the grinning face of a helmeted soldier on a red ground, with the French headline 'Precise work -- a reply to the enemy'. Joining a machinist's tool to a soldier's head transfers the soldier's role to factory precision work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
TRAVAIL
PRÉCIS--
RIPOSTE À L'ENNEMI

PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION POUR LE MINISTÈRE DES MUNITIONS ET APPROVISIONNEMENTS, OTTAWA
IF-5 IMPRIMÉ AU CANADA
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
PRECISE WORK--
A REPLY TO THE ENEMY

PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY, OTTAWA
IF-5 PRINTED IN CANADA
```

[← There Is Too Much Loose Talk](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-too-much-loose-talk-serve-in-silence-1939/) [Wanted: Scrap Metal...To Make Tanks, Guns, Ammunition →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-wanted-scrap-metal-tanks-guns-1939/)

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