Dans le Désert Libyen - des Tanks, de Construction Américaine, ont des Équipages Fournis par un Fameux Régiment de Cavalerie Irlandaise
A photograph shows several light tanks moving across open desert with a larger tank in the foreground, captioned in French as American-built tanks crewed by a famous Irish cavalry regiment in the Libyan desert. The tell for card-stacking is the selection of one favourable scene, naming the American tanks and the regiment while giving no date, unit number or battle context.
Propaganda techniques used in this photograph
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No issuer named on the sheet; British government photographic sheet in French (issuer inferred from subject and series)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Photograph
- 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
Issuer not named; British government photographic sheet (inferred). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-795e.
Text on the object
DANS LE DESERT LIBYEN—DES TANKS, DE CONSTRUCTION AMERICAINE, ONT DES EQUIPAGES FOURNIS PAR UN FAMEUX REGIMENT DE CAVALERIE IRLANDAISE. [Translation: In the Libyan desert—American-built tanks have crews supplied by a famous Irish cavalry regiment.]
