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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Institute of Publicity, Philadelphia
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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)
American Institute of Publicity. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1754 (NAID 515426).
Text on the object
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
