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title: Help smash Hitler now! Invasion of Europe
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/help-smash-hitler-now-us-army-1943/
description: 'Metal-salvage and mining poster: a drawn soldier in a helmet, pistol in hand, points back at a tank crashing through a brick wall marked ''Invasion'
section: Collection
---

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# Help smash Hitler now! Invasion of Europe

Metal-salvage and mining poster: a drawn soldier in a helmet, pistol in hand, points back at a tank crashing through a brick wall marked 'Invasion of Europe'. His speech balloon reads 'Look! That's where we need every ton of metal you can mine and smelt!' The tell is the soldier's direct appeal, which moves urgency from the battlefield to the miner and smelter.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HELP SMASH HITLER NOW !
INVASION OF EUROPE
LOOK !
THAT'S WHERE
WE NEED EVERY
TON OF METAL
YOU CAN MINE
AND SMELT !
U. S. ARMY
[signature:] KIRBY
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 O - 529012
```

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