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title: Britain Pledges to Fight and Destroy (Russian-language poster)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-britain-pledges-to-fight-and-destroy-russian-1939/
description: A grey gloved fist smashes red bricks against a yellow ground under a Russian headline that reads 'Britain pledges to fight and destroy'.
section: Collection
---

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# Britain Pledges to Fight and Destroy (Russian-language poster)

A grey gloved fist smashes red bricks against a yellow ground under a Russian headline that reads 'Britain pledges to fight and destroy'. The tell is the pledge framed as an act of force with no named object, a resolve slogan aimed at a Soviet audience; the printed translation line gives the English.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ КЛЯНЕТСЯ..
БОРОТЬСЯ И УНИЧТОЖИТЬ

ПЛАКАТЫ БРИТАНСКИЙ ХУДОЖНИК №13
DESIGNED BY BRITISH ARTISTS
TRANSLATION: "BRITAIN PLEDGES TO FIGHT AND DESTROY"
Printed in England by Henry Hildesley Ltd. London, 51/2963

[Translation: Britain swears... to fight and destroy]
```

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