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title: 'Combattants Allies: Vos compatriotes en pays occupe frappent aussi!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/combattants-allies-vos-compatriotes-1939/
description: A red hand grips a spanner and jams it between two black gears marked with swastikas, with sparks flying, under the French heading 'Combattants Allies'
section: Collection
---

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[![Combattants Allies: Vos compatriotes en pays occupe frappent aussi!, 1939 Transnational poster: A red hand grips a spanner](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/combattants-allies-vos-compatriotes-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/combattants-allies-vos-compatriotes-1939.jpg)

# Combattants Allies: Vos compatriotes en pays occupe frappent aussi!

A red hand grips a spanner and jams it between two black gears marked with swastikas, with sparks flying, under the French heading 'Combattants Allies' and a line saying compatriots in occupied countries are also striking. The tells are the swastika-marked machinery, which carries the stigma of the symbol onto the target, and the appeal to what fellow nationals are already doing.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
COMBATTANTS ALLIES
Vos compatriotes en
pays occupé frappent
aussi !
[Translation: Allied fighters. Your compatriots in occupied countries are striking too!]
```

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