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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not shown (no imprint; French-language Allied-side poster)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Transnational
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- No single regime or leader
- Leader
- No single regime or leader
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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 (issuer not identified)
Issuer not identified. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-35.
Text on the object
COMBATTANTS ALLIES Vos compatriotes en pays occupé frappent aussi ! [Translation: Allied fighters. Your compatriots in occupied countries are striking too!]
