![Great Britain's War Industries are Geared for Victory [1], 1939 UK poster: A pictogram compares tank icons labelled Imports](../images/uk-war-industries-geared-for-victory-tanks-1939.jpg)
Great Britain's War Industries are Geared for Victory [1]
A pictogram compares tank icons labelled Imports (8) and Exports (about 120), each icon standing for 25 tanks, under the line 'In 1941 Great Britain sent overseas 15 times as many tanks as she brought into the country'. The tell is the single ratio with no total production, home-use or time breakdown shown, and the 'geared for victory' headline.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British Information Service, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
British Information Service, New York. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-192a.
Text on the object
GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR INDUSTRIES ARE GEARED FOR VICTORY In 1941 Great Britain sent overseas 15 times as many tanks as she brought into the country EACH [tank icon] = 25 TANKS IMPORTS EXPORTS [imprint:] BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICE 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, N.Y.
