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title: Munition Workers of Allied Countries Are Hitting Back at Hitler Through British Factories
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-munition-workers-allied-countries-hitting-back-1939/
description: Four panels show an RAF fighter strafing a convoy, tanks in action, and aircraft and tank assembly lines, framed by a ribbon of nine Allied flags
section: Collection
---

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# Munition Workers of Allied Countries Are Hitting Back at Hitler Through British Factories

Four panels show an RAF fighter strafing a convoy, tanks in action, and aircraft and tank assembly lines, framed by a ribbon of nine Allied flags and the words 'Are hitting back at Hitler'. The transfer tell is the borrowing of battlefield imagery and the Allied flags for the output of British factories, with no figures given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MUNITION WORKERS OF ALLIED COUNTRIES ...
ARE HITTING BACK AT HITLER ...
THROUGH BRITISH FACTORIES !
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
```

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