Camouflage Nets: Baffle the Hun
Two soldiers in desert dress work beside a field gun under a patterned net, with the slogan 'Camouflage Nets: Baffle the Hun'. The tell for name-calling is 'the Hun', a label for the enemy that is used in place of a named opponent.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Supply; printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Chromoworks Ltd., London; artist W. R. Chapman (signed)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- 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 (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Supply; printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Chromoworks Ltd., London; artist W. R. Chapman (signed). U.S. National Archives, WWII Foreign Posters (NAID 44266344, 44-PF-125).
Text on the object
CAMOUFLAGE NETS Baffle the Hun MINISTRY OF SUPPLY. W.R. CHAPMAN PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY CHROMOWORKS LTD., LONDON. 51-
