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5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations, 1939 Denmark poster: Two men in white shirts with folded arms are shown

5,000 Danish Seamen Sailing for United Nations

Two men in white shirts with folded arms are shown from below against a large Danish flag, above the words '5000 Danish seamen sailing for United Nations'. The tell is the flag and the low-angle heroic pose standing in for any detail of who sails, where or for what, so national pride in the seamen carries the claim.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe; issuer not stated and not established
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
Denmark
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
German Occupation of Denmark
Leader
Christian X.
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
War and the military, Labor
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
Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe; issuer not stated, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-781.

Text on the object

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

PHOTOGRAPH BY LOUISE DAHL-WOLFE

5000 DANISH SEAMEN
SAILING FOR UNITED NATIONS

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