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title: Would He Fight Better if He Knew How You Worked?
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-would-he-fight-better-if-he-knew-how-you-worked-1939/
description: A photograph of tired, muddy soldiers crowded on a landing craft sits beneath a red banner asking 'Would he FIGHT better if he knew how you WORKED?'
section: Collection
---

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[![Would He Fight Better if He Knew How You Worked?, 1939 Canada poster: A photograph of tired, muddy soldiers crowded](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-would-he-fight-better-if-he-knew-how-you-worked-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-would-he-fight-better-if-he-knew-how-you-worked-1939.jpg)

# Would He Fight Better if He Knew How You Worked?

A photograph of tired, muddy soldiers crowded on a landing craft sits beneath a red banner asking 'Would he FIGHT better if he knew how you WORKED?' and above the line 'Shall brave men die because you faltered?'. The soldiers' risk is attached to the worker's effort (transfer), and the closing question puts the possible deaths on the viewer (fear appeal).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Would he FIGHT better if he knew how you WORKED?

CANADIAN SOLDIERS ARE READY TO FIGHT ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!

This message is issued by the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada

SHALL BRAVE MEN DIE BECAUSE YOU FALTERED?
```

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