![Help Britain Finish the Job! [3], 1939 UK poster: A painting of British tanks advancing across open ground, the foreground](../images/uk-help-britain-finish-the-job-tanks-1939.jpg)
Help Britain Finish the Job! [3] (tanks)
A painting of British tanks advancing across open ground, the foreground tank firing, with smoke rising from a distant building, above the line 'Help Britain finish the job!'. The tell is the one-sided selection: only advancing tanks and no losses are shown, and the 'job' is left undefined, so the viewer is asked to join in without any information on cost or progress.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government (no issuer printed on the face; same series as the HMSO 'Help Britain Finish the Job!' posters)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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
- UK Crown copyright, published 1939-1945, expired; held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
British government (series slogan; no imprint visible). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-210c.
Text on the object
HELP BRITAIN FINISH THE JOB!
