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British Weapons to Defeat Hitler: More and More Guns Come Daily from the British Factories, 1939 UK poster: Three silhouetted

British Weapons to Defeat Hitler: More and More Guns Come Daily from the British Factories

Three silhouetted weapons (an anti-aircraft gun, an 8-inch howitzer and naval guns) are captioned with range and weight figures above a Union flag and the line 'More and more guns come daily from the British factories'. The tell for card-stacking is that only the strengths of British guns are shown, and the claim of rising output carries no production figures.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stacking
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
British government, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greenslade & Co. (Reading) Ltd
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
Regime
Churchill wartime government
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 (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
British government poster printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greenslade & Co. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.

Text on the object

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

BRITISH WEAPONS
TO DEFEAT HITLER

THIS IS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN
It fires a high explosive shell,
which can reach and destroy raiding aircraft
nearly eight miles above the ground.

THIS IS AN 8-INCH HOWITZER
It has a crew of six men and its heavy
shell travels eight miles. Howitzers are
used chiefly for destroying
strong fortifications.

THESE ARE NAVAL GUNS
Sixty feet long, each weighs over
100 tons and fires a 1 ton shell
a distance of 20 miles.
British Battleships carry
many guns like this.

MORE AND MORE GUNS COME DAILY
FROM THE BRITISH FACTORIES

PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY GREENSLADE & CO. (READING) LTD.
FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE.
GIFT OF CENTRAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO.

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