Sous la Garde d'un Soldat Britannique: des Allemands, Faits Prisonniers en Libye, Sont Conduits a un Camp
A long column of German prisoners in caps and greatcoats walks along a dirt road behind a smiling British soldier with a fixed bayonet who raises both thumbs. The caption states they were captured in Libya and are being taken to a camp. The tell is the selected framing, a cheerful guard against a downcast column, with no count, date or unit given.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No imprint printed; British wartime photographic information sheet in French (British origin inferred from the subject and RAF markings)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; likely UK Crown copyright from 1939-1945 (50 years expired); hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed (British wartime information sheet in French). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-795h.
Text on the object
SOUS LA GARDE D'UN SOLDAT BRITANNIQUE: DES ALLEMANDS, FAITS PRISONNIERS EN LIBYE, SONT CONDUITS A UN CAMP. [Translation: Under the guard of a British soldier: Germans, taken prisoner in Libya, are led to a camp.]
