"Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few" (The Prime Minister)
Five RAF airmen in flying helmets and harness look upward against a blue sky beneath the quotation, credited only to 'The Prime Minister'. The sentence is attributed to the head of government (testimonial), and the airmen's photographed prestige is attached to the national war effort (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British Government (Prime Minister Winston Churchill quoted), printed for HM Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- 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)
UK Government (Crown copyright expired). Poster held by the US National Archives, NAID 44266807, local identifier 44-PF-296.
Text on the object
"NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" THE PRIME MINISTER Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London, N.W.10. 51-8827
