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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Printer's imprint only: 'Printed in England' (issuing body not stated; NARA lists country as England)
- 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
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; British wartime print, hosted by owner decision
Printer's imprint only: 'Printed in England' (issuing body not stated; NARA lists country as England). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-80.
Text on the object
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.
