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title: Our Fighting Men Must Eat
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-our-fighting-men-must-eat-1939/
description: Blue-ground poster of a knife, fork and spoon beside a boxed notice for a free exhibition at Charing Cross Underground station, 13 April to 9 May.
section: Collection
---

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# Our Fighting Men Must Eat

Blue-ground poster of a knife, fork and spoon beside a boxed notice for a free exhibition at Charing Cross Underground station, 13 April to 9 May, produced for the women's services. This is an exhibition notice rather than an argument; the closest technique is identity-fusion, since the headline 'Our Fighting Men Must Eat' casts the viewer's own catering work as part of the fighting force.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Our Fighting Men
Must Eat

AN EXHIBITION
AT CHARING CROSS
UNDERGROUND STATION
FROM APRIL 13TH TO MAY 9TH
(SUNDAYS INCLUDED)
9.30 A.M. TO 7.30 P.M.
ADMISSION FREE

PRODUCED FOR THE W.R.N.S., A.T.S., W.A.A.F.
BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

TG
[imprint:] PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY GEO. GIBBONS LTD.  51-3234
```

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