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title: Singapore lost because of "not enough"
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/singapore-lost-because-of-not-enough-1942/
description: 'Text-only production poster: ''SINGAPORE LOST because of "NOT ENOUGH"'' above a large red V filled with the words planes, ships, guns, tanks.'
section: Collection
---

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# Singapore lost because of "not enough"

Text-only production poster: 'SINGAPORE LOST because of "NOT ENOUGH"' above a large red V filled with the words planes, ships, guns, tanks, supplies and equipment, then the question 'Do we need MORE proof that the lives of our boys in uniform are in our hands!' The tell is a single stated cause for a defeat, joined to a personal-responsibility appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SINGAPORE LOST
BECAUSE OF
"NOT ENOUGH"
PLANES
SHIPS
GUNS
TANKS
SUPPLIES
AND
EQUIPMENT
PLANES
SHIPS
GUNS
TANKS
SUPPLIES
Do we need MORE proof
that the LIVES of---
OUR BOYS in uniform
are---in OUR HANDS!
[imprint:] COPYRIGHT 1942 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLICITY, PHILADELPHIA
```

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