September 15, 1940 - The Day Hitler's Dreams Were Smashed
A tall pictogram sheet titled 'Facts and figures about the Battle of Britain' shows 250 German planes attacking in the morning and 250 more in the afternoon, then 185 German losses against 25 British fighters lost and 14 pilots saved. The tell is card-stacking: one day's claimed losses stand for the whole battle, the sheet gives no source for the counts, and the headline frames it as the day 'Hitler's dreams were smashed'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Chromoworks Ltd., London (printer; no issuing body named)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not named on the sheet; printed by Chromoworks Ltd.. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-400f.
Text on the object
September 15, 1940 The day Hitler's dreams were smashed Facts and figures about the Battle of Britain THE MORNING AT 11.30 a.m. 250 GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED IN TWO WAVES BY 12.30 p.m. 88 WERE DESTROYED THE AFTERNOON AT 2.30 p.m. 250 MORE GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED IN TWO WAVES BY 7 p.m. 97 MORE WERE DESTROYED German losses - 185 planes in 5 1/2 hrs. British losses - 25 fighters 14 PILOTS WERE SAVED G.P.G./AM./9. PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY CHROMOWORKS LTD., LONDON 51-2968.
