Content note: Dehumanising monster depiction of German and Japanese enemies, with blood and a menaced Statue of Liberty, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Stop this monster that stops at nothing... Produce to the limit! This is your war!
Production poster: a huge dark-skinned monster wearing a German helmet with a swastika on one shoulder and a Japanese-style cap on a second head, one hand gripping a bloody dagger and the other the Statue of Liberty, with a hand holding a wrench marked PRODUCTION rising to meet it. The enemy is shown as a single menacing beast, a fear-appeal and name-calling device urging war workers to produce.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government production campaign (artist signature: Bert Yates)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance, 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)
U.S. government production campaign. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-107 (NAID 513557).
Text on the object
Stop this monster that stops at nothing... PRODUCE to the limit ! This is YOUR war! [on the wrench:] PRODUCTION [signature: Bert Yates]
