Prevent malaria. Shorten the war
Malaria-prevention sticker-style poster: large red letters 'PREVENT MALARIA' on black, with a white arrow reading 'SHORTEN THE WAR' pointing at a black mosquito drawn on a yellow disc. The tell is fear-appeal tied to a war aim: the insect is the threat, and preventing it is linked to ending the war sooner.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unnamed issuer (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- 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)
Unnamed issuer. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1549 (NAID 515214).
Text on the object
PREVENT MALARIA SHORTEN THE WAR [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE · 1944—O—612336]
