Content note: Cartoon shows Hitler, a Japanese officer and another Axis figure as grotesque caricatures, with a knife and a quoted line about cutting throats. This object is shown as it was published. Why
I can't help but feel that if Hitler and *** had made that trip with us through those plants
Sponsor cartoon sheet: caricatured Hitler, a Japanese officer and a third Axis figure recoil from a large hand, marked with a star on the cuff, holding a knife labelled 'Made in U.S.A.' over a shipyard and a sky of aircraft. A boxed quote from British minister Oliver Lyttelton is the testimonial; the Axis leaders are drawn as grotesque caricatures.
Propaganda techniques used in this advertisement
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Philco Corporation (drawn by Carl Rose)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Advertisement
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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)
Philco Corporation (drawn by Carl Rose). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-969 (NAID 514476).
Text on the object
"I can't help but feel that if Hitler and *** had made that trip with us through those plants, they would *** cut their throats ***" -Oliver Lyttelton, British Minister of Production, after his recent tour of America's War Plants. [smoke lettering:] Tanks Guns Men [on knife:] MADE IN U.S.A. [imprint:] DRAWN FOR PHILCO CARL ROSE [imprint:] Copyright 1942-Philco Corporation
