Malaria Warning
Text-only warning sheet in red, yellow and blue: 'Malaria Warning' above an order to troops entering a malaria zone to follow all precautions, with the line 'Malaria knocks out more men than the enemy!' and a blue band reading 'Fight the peril behind the lines'. The fear-appeal is a comparison of casualty causes; no figures are given.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed (Government Printing Office 1944 imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, War and the military
- 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)
Issuer not printed (Government Printing Office 1944 imprint). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1328 (NAID 514975).
Text on the object
MALARIA WARNING You will soon be entering a Malaria Zone . . Protect yourself and your buddies by carefully following all precautions as ordered by your commanding officer. Malaria Knocks Out More Men than the Enemy ! FIGHT THE PERIL BEHIND THE LINES [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-574718]
