A British "Commando" Raid on a German-Held Port in Norway - Back Them Up!
A painted night scene shows British soldiers with fixed bayonets charging toward burning buildings and an explosion in a snowbound Norwegian port, with figures falling at left, under the slogan 'Back Them Up!'. The tell for card-stacking is that only the attackers' advance is shown; no British casualties or setbacks appear.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- UK government ('Back Them Up!' series; issuer inferred); printed in England by Fosh & Cross 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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 basis stated by NARA as Unrestricted; UK wartime poster, hosted by owner decision
UK government ('Back Them Up!' series; issuer inferred); printed in England by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-91j.
Text on the object
A British "Commando" raid on a German-held port in Norway BACK THEM UP! [imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON. (51-2400)
