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
- Date
- 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Polish government-in-exile (issuer not printed); portrait signed by the artist Arthur Szyk
- Region
- Eastern Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Poland
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Polish Government in Exile
- Leader
- Wladyslaw Sikorski
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Artist Arthur Szyk; issuer not printed (Polish government-in-exile). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-876.
Text on the object
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]
