Never in the Field of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few
A smiling airman in flying helmet and goggles is framed in a ring reading 'The Battle of Britain, August-October 1940', above Churchill's quotation credited 'Winston Churchill in 1940'. The words are attributed to the Prime Minister (testimonial) and the pilot's photographed prestige is attached to the national effort (transfer). Same quotation as a different poster already in the archive.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not stated on the poster; quotation credited to Winston Churchill
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- 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; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not stated on the poster, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-294.
Text on the object
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AUGUST-OCTOBER 1940 "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" WINSTON CHURCHILL in 1940
