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title: General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Prime Minister
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/general-wladyslaw-sikorski-portrait-poland-1940/
description: A full-colour portrait of General Sikorski in uniform with orders and a sabre, framed by a border of regional coats of arms.
section: Collection
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# General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Prime Minister

A full-colour portrait of General Sikorski in uniform with orders and a sabre, framed by a border of regional coats of arms, with the Polish eagle at right and a tank column and aircraft at left. The tell is national emblems, crucifix and arms placed around the leader (transfer), and an inscribed vow that Poland will not be erased from the map of Europe (glittering generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
CO NAM OBCA PRZEMOC WZIĘŁA MOCĄ, ODBIERZEMY.....

NIEMA TAKIEJ MOCY
KTORABY POTRAFIŁA
NARÓD POLSKI ZIAMAĆ
A PAŃSTWO POLSKIE
WYKREŚLIĆ Z KARTY
EUROPY.  24. IV. 1940

[Latin fragment:] CVM / SPIRITV / TVO

[signature:] ARTHUR SZYK

General Wladyslaw Sikorski
Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces,
Prime Minister

[Translation of the Polish: What foreign violence took by force, we shall take back..... There is no power that could break the Polish nation and strike the Polish state from the map of Europe. 24 April 1940]
```

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