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title: Freedom Shall Prevail!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/freedom-shall-prevail-united-nations-flags-1942/
description: Two ranks of uniformed men from allied and imperial forces face each other across a V built from national flags, over the slogan 'Freedom shall prevail!'.
section: Collection
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# Freedom Shall Prevail!

Two ranks of uniformed men from allied and imperial forces face each other across a V built from national flags, over the slogan 'Freedom shall prevail!'. 'Freedom' is the virtue word (glittering generality), the long list of nations is the join-the-winning-side signal (bandwagon), and the flags lend national symbols to the cause (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Reading Right to Left—FIRST ROW: Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, SECOND ROW: Southern Rhodesia, Newfoundland, South Africa, THIRD ROW: India, FOURTH ROW: The Colonial Empire
Reading Left to Right—FIRST ROW: U.S.A., China, U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia, SECOND ROW: Holland, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, THIRD ROW: Greece, Norway, Belgium
FREEDOM SHALL PREVAIL!
PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON. (51-9953)
```

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