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title: Let'em have it
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lets-em-have-it-slogan-sheet-1941/
description: Two-panel slogan sheet with the words 'Let'em have it' in red capitals inside a white explosion burst on blue with yellow rays.
section: Collection
---

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[![Let'em have it, 1941 US poster: Two-panel slogan sheet with the words 'Let'em have it' in red capitals inside a white](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lets-em-have-it-slogan-sheet-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/lets-em-have-it-slogan-sheet-1941.jpg)

# Let'em have it

Two-panel slogan sheet with the words 'Let'em have it' in red capitals inside a white explosion burst on blue with yellow rays. The lower panel is upright and the upper panel is printed upside down. The technique is faint here: a rallying cry with no stated request or named sponsor.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
LET'EM
HAVE IT
[upside-down panel:] LET'EM
HAVE IT
```

[← Let'em come ... "V" Homes are ready! Make yours a "V" Home now!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lets-em-come-v-homes-are-ready-1941/) [Let's finish the job! Urgent - experienced seamen needed! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lets-finish-the-job-seamen-needed-1941/)

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