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 Transfer

Date: 1939
Period: Second World War
Made by: Not stated on the item (no imprint visible)
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: Czechoslovakia
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: Mixed
Regime: Czechoslovak Government in Exile
Leader: Edvard Benes
Audience: Mixed
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Theme: War and the military
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 (no rights statement; wartime Allied publication)
Issuer not stated. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-765.