Torpedo the Axis!
A large painted torpedo dominates the sheet, flanked by photographs of a torpedo strike, a motor torpedo boat, and factory workers, including women, assembling torpedoes. The imperative headline links the factory floor to the weapon's effect on the enemy, placing the viewer's work inside the fighting.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- The Admiralty; printed for H.M. Stationery Office (printer code H.N. 51-9410)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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)
The Admiralty / H.M. Stationery Office, 1939-1945. US National Archives, NAID 44267283 (44-PF-479).
Text on the object
TORPEDO THE AXIS! PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY H.N. 51-9410. ISSUED BY THE ADMIRALTY.
