Fight the Peril Behind the Lines
Two helmeted soldiers, one with a Red Cross armband, carry a loaded stretcher under red headline lettering 'Fight the peril behind the lines', with a black panel stating that the malaria mosquito knocks out more men than the enemy. The fear is carried by the stretcher; the comparative claim is given with no figures or source on the sheet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government (issuer not printed; U.S. Government Printing Office imprint; artist Kelly)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. government (issuer not printed; GPO imprint). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-763 (NAID 514251).
Text on the object
FIGHT THE PERIL BEHIND THE LINES THE MALARIA MOSQUITO KNOCKS OUT MORE MEN THAN THE ENEMY [signature: Kelly] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-574718]
