Help Britain Finish the Job!
A painted view from above shows an aircraft carrier at sea with RAF-marked fighters overhead and a German aircraft with swastika tail marking trailing smoke. The picture shows only the successful side of an engagement, with no losses, and the slogan 'Help Britain Finish the Job!' leaves what the job is and what the viewer should do unstated.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office for the British government; artist Frank Wootton; printer Fosh & Cross Ltd.
- 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
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
H.M. Stationery Office; artist Frank Wootton; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.
Text on the object
HELP BRITAIN FINISH THE JOB! [imprint:] PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON (51/501) [signature in the painting:] WOOTTON
