Fight for Freedom - Czechoslovakia

A numbered sheet (no. 14) on yellow stock with a large portrait of President Edvard Benes and three photographs of him with President Roosevelt, with Winston Churchill, and with Stalin and Soviet officers, beside a text on the recognition of the Czechoslovak Government. The tell for transfer is the placing of Benes beside each Allied leader, which lends the exile government their standing.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date

1939

Period

Second World War

Made by

Not stated (no imprint visible); numbered sheet '14'

Region

Western and Central Europe

Country

Czechoslovakia

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Czechoslovak Government in Exile

Leader

Edvard Benes

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

War and the military, Elections and party politics

Event

World War II

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

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 stated, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-764.

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
Dr. Eduard Beneš, pupil and collaborator of Thomas Masaryk, is now head of the State and President of Czechoslovakia. Under his leadership the Czechoslovak Government, assisted by the State Council, directs the fate of the Czechoslovak people in the present struggle.
The Czechoslovak Government is recognized by the Governments of all the United Nations now at war with Germany - and Czechoslovakia is at war with all the enemies of the U. S. A., Great Britain and the U.S.S.R.
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