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title: We are Pledged to Smash the Fascist Barbarians
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-pledged-to-smash-fascist-barbarians-ussr-1939/
description: A bearded sailor in a headset and hood speaks into a mouthpiece, a warship behind him, under a slanted red banner pledging in Russian to 'smash the Fascist
section: Collection
---

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[![We are Pledged to Smash the Fascist Barbarians, 1939 UK poster: A bearded sailor in a headset and hood speaks into](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-pledged-to-smash-fascist-barbarians-ussr-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-pledged-to-smash-fascist-barbarians-ussr-1939.jpg)

# We are Pledged to Smash the Fascist Barbarians

A bearded sailor in a headset and hood speaks into a mouthpiece, a warship behind him, under a slanted red banner pledging in Russian to 'smash the Fascist barbarians'. The tells are the label 'Fascist barbarians' applied to the enemy as a class and the anonymous first-person voice 'A British Sailor', with the text stressing Britain and the Soviet Union 'side by side'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
„МЫ ОБЯЗУЕМСЯ
РАЗГРОМИТЬ
ФАШИСТСКИХ ВАРВАРОВ”
[Translation printed on sheet: WE ARE PLEDGED TO SMASH THE FASCIST BARBARIANS]

МЫ МОРЯКИ БРИТАНСКОГО ВОЕННОГО ФЛОТА ГОРДИМСЯ НАШЕЙ МОЩЬЮ НА МОРЯХ. МЫ ПОДВЕРГАЕМ ГЕРМАНИЮ БЛОКАДЕ И ЗАГРАЖДАЕМ ЕЙ ДОСТУП К ЦЕННОМУ СЫРЬЮ. МЫ ПРЕПЯТСТВУЕМ СВЯЗИ МЕЖДУ ГЕРМАНИЕЙ И ЕЕ ЯПОНСКИМ СОЮЗНИКОМ. БРИТАНСКИЙ ВОЕННЫЙ ФЛОТ ИГРАЕТ ВАЖНЕЙШУЮ РОЛЬ В ДОСТИЖЕНИИ ПОЛНОЙ ПОБЕДЫ НАД ФАШИЗМОМ, ЗА КОТОРУЮ ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ БОРЕТСЯ ВМЕСТЕ С СОВЕТСКИМ СОЮЗОМ.
БРИТАНСКИЙ МОРЯК.
[Translation printed on sheet: We sailors of Britain's Royal Navy are proud of our sea superiority. We blockade Germany. We deny her access to valuable raw materials. We prevent her making contact with her Japanese ally. The British Navy is playing a vital part in attaining the complete victory over Fascism for which Great Britain and the Soviet Union fight side by side. A British Sailor.]

ПЛАНАТЫ «БРИТАНСКИЙ ХУДОЖНИК» №10
[imprint:] THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF POSTERS PRODUCED IN BRITAIN FOR USE IN U.S.S.R. / Printed in England by Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd. 51-3213. / DESIGNED BY BRITISH ARTISTS
```

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