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title: At War Against the Axis
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-at-war-against-the-axis-flags-1939/
description: A chart of 34 national and imperial flags, each labelled with its country, under the heading 'At War Against the Axis'.
section: Collection
---

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[![At War Against the Axis, 1939 UK poster: A chart of 34 national and imperial flags, each labelled with its country, under](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-at-war-against-the-axis-flags-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-at-war-against-the-axis-flags-1939.jpg)

# At War Against the Axis

A chart of 34 national and imperial flags, each labelled with its country, under the heading 'At War Against the Axis', from Great Britain and the Colonial Empire, the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R. and China through the Allied and Latin American states. The poster is mostly reference information; its persuasive device is the tally of many nations on one side (bandwagon), with no claim beyond the heading.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
AT WAR AGAINST THE AXIS

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIAL EMPIRE; U.S.A.; U.S.S.R.; CHINA
CANADA; BELGIUM; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; FRANCE
AUSTRALIA; GREECE; HOLLAND; LUXEMBOURG
NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; POLAND; YUGOSLAVIA
SOUTH AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; IRAQ; BOLIVIA
NEWFOUNDLAND; BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; CUBA
SOUTHERN RHODESIA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GUATEMALA; HAITI
INDIA; HONDURAS; MEXICO; NICARAGUA
PANAMA; SALVADOR

[imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND.
```

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