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title: 越接近勝利 越要堅苦奮鬥 (The Closer to Victory, the Harder We Must Struggle), Military Affairs Commission poster
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/closer-to-victory-struggle-harder-military-affairs-commission-poster-1940s/
description: 'A tall strip poster: a black-and-white soldier with a rifle stands against a red field with the Nationalist sun emblem and barbed wire, above a slogan…'
section: Collection
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# 越接近勝利 越要堅苦奮鬥 (The Closer to Victory, the Harder We Must Struggle), Military Affairs Commission poster

A tall strip poster: a black-and-white soldier with a rifle stands against a red field with the Nationalist sun emblem and barbed wire, above a slogan that the closer victory comes, the harder the struggle must be. The tell: closeness of victory is asserted as a fact to justify more sacrifice, with no evidence from the front given.

## Text on the object

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

```
越接近勝利
越要堅苦奮鬥

軍委會政治部製
```

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

```
The closer to victory,
the more we must struggle hard

Made by the Political Department of the Military Affairs Commission
```

Two vertical columns read right to left; credit runs down the left. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader.

[← China Fights On](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/china-fights-on-united-china-relief-1943/) [敵人侵略一日不止，我們抗戰一日不休！ (As Long as the Enemy Keeps Invading, We Keep Resisting), Military Affairs Commission poster →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/enemy-aggression-resistance-military-affairs-commission-poster-1940s/)

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