It's Hitler's if it's Scrapped
Two factory workers at a lathe look dismayed while a cartoon Hitler, swastika armband on his sleeve, trudges off carrying a box marked 'SCRAPPED'. The slogan frames wasted material as a gift to the enemy; the caricature of Hitler as a burdened thief is the name-calling tell, and the loss-to-the-enemy framing is the fear appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Aircraft Production; artist App; printed by S.P. & Co. 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
- Home front, Labor, 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
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Aircraft Production; artist App, 1942. US National Archives, NARA ID 44266698 (44-PF-248a).
Text on the object
IT'S HITLER'S IF IT'S SCRAPPED. SCRAPPED 10925. 20.M. 5/42. S.P. & Co Ltd 38507. MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION
