500,000 Pairs of Boots Were Shipped from Britain to Russia Within One Week of the German Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
A text poster in a border of drawn boots states that 500,000 pairs went from Britain to the U.S.S.R. within a week of the German invasion, citing Sir John Anderson. It offers one favourable figure with no context (card-stacking) and rests it on a named official's speech (testimonial).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Supply (poster no. 76), printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.; quotes Sir John Anderson, Lord President of the Council
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Supply; H.M. Stationery Office; Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., 1943. NARA, WWII Foreign Posters.
Text on the object
500,000 Pairs of Boots were shipped from Britain to Russia within one week of the German invasion of the U.S.S.R. These and subsequent shipments of Boots occupied over 40,000 tons of shipping space -SIR JOHN ANDERSON, Lord President of the Council, at Cambridge, 21.2.43 MINISTRY OF SUPPLY No. 76 PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE & BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON, N.W.10. 51-3387
