---
title: V...Free Czechoslovakia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cz-v-free-czechoslovakia-1939/
description: A large brush-painted white V stands on a red brick wall above three dots and a dash (Morse for V) and the hand-lettered words 'Free Czechoslovakia'.
section: Collection
---

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[![V...Free Czechoslovakia, 1939 Czechoslovakia poster: A large brush-painted white V stands on a red brick wall above three](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cz-v-free-czechoslovakia-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cz-v-free-czechoslovakia-1939.jpg)

# V...Free Czechoslovakia

A large brush-painted white V stands on a red brick wall above three dots and a dash (Morse for V) and the hand-lettered words 'Free Czechoslovakia'. The tell for transfer is the V-for-Victory sign, a wider Allied symbol, attached to the Czechoslovak cause; the tell for glittering generalities is the single virtue word 'Free' with no stated programme.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
V ...-
Free Czechoslovakia
```

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