"A well fed nation is a fighting nation"
A Black farm family, a father in overalls with a lunch pail, a mother holding an infant and a girl holding a toy aeroplane, stand above rows of marching soldiers. Printed text asks viewers to plan nutritious meals. The slogan links household nutrition to military strength; as a slogan it works as a virtue-word equivalence and is a weak fit for the listed techniques.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Charles Alston)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Health, Race and ethnicity
- 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, RG 208, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-8 (NAID 535602).
Text on the object
America needs your strength— Plan nutritious meals!! "A WELL FED NATION IS A FIGHTING NATION"
