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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- 'Designed by British Artists' series No. 13 (Plakaty 'Britanskii Khudozhnik'), printed by Henry Hildesley Ltd., London
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
'Designed by British Artists' series, printed by Henry Hildesley Ltd., National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-374a.
Text on the object
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]
