Over 1,250,000 Tons of Axis Shipping Sunk in the Central Mediterranean
A map of the central Mediterranean covered with small ship symbols in a key for capital ships, warships and supply ships sunk, damaged or captured, under a headline giving over 1,250,000 tons of Axis shipping sunk. The tell is selection: only Axis losses are shown, the key notes 'U-boat losses are not shown', and no period, source or Allied losses are given.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No issuing body named; printed in England by Chromoworks Ltd., London
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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
- Public domain (UK work published 1939-1945, 50 years expired; hosted by owner decision)
Chromoworks Ltd., London. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-330a.
Text on the object
OVER 1,250,000 TONS OF AXIS SHIPPING SUNK IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN Map labels: ITALY, YUGOSLAVIA, Adriatic Sea, ALBANIA, GREECE, CORSICA, SARDINIA, SICILY, MALTA, TUNISIA, Mediterranean Sea, CRETE, LIBYA KEY Capital ship, Cruiser or Destroyer sunk Capital ship, Cruiser or Destroyer seriously damaged Other Warship sunk Other Warship seriously damaged Supply ship sunk Supply ship seriously damaged Supply ship captured U-BOAT LOSSES ARE NOT SHOWN [imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND by CHROMOWORKS LTD. LONDON. 51-3041.
