Put More Punch into Production
A bare arm in a red sleeve is shown punching a caricatured Hitler-like figure in a swastika armband, whose cap flies off amid stars and impact lines, beneath the slogan 'Put more punch into production'. The tell is the caricature of the enemy leader as the target, which frames factory output as a blow struck against him.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Artist Hayon; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London (print code Wt.9971, 5/42); no sponsor named
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, 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
- UK Crown copyright or unstated rights holder, published 1939-1945; held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Artist Hayon; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd., National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-351.
Text on the object
PUT MORE PUNCH INTO PRODUCTION [imprint:] (F.944). Wt.9971. 10,000. 5/42 Gp. 961. FOSH & CROSS LTD. HAYON
