On the offensive: Do more for victory in 1943!
A photo-panel sheet on the November 1942 Allied landings in North Africa: a convoy, troops landing at Surcouf, soldiers in a landing craft, and an armoured car near Oran. A red text box tells the reader that production, war bonds and rationing are 'smashing at the enemy' and that 'the lives of America's fighting men' depend on what is given 'now'. It pairs a stakes appeal with photographs of the landings only.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory News (Photo News Display Corp., New York)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, 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)
Photo News Display Corp.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1451 (NAID 515114).
Text on the object
800 ship convoy—British and Ameri- can—heading for North Africa. ON THE OFFENSIVE Carrying the Stars and Stripes, our men swarm ashore at Surcouf. The war materials you produce, the war bonds you buy, the gasoline, oil and rubber you do without, your work and your sacrifices—all of these are now smashing at the enemy in Africa. Upon the quantity and quality of what you give them now depend the lives of America's fighting men! American soldiers set out for the landing at Arzeu, near Oran. An armored car advances on Oran. U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo. DO MORE FOR VICTORY IN 1943! VICTORY NEWS Vol. I, No. 3 PHOTO NEWS DISPLAY CORP., 15 EAST 40th STREET, N. Y. C.
