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title: Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland! (We're Off to Attack England!)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-wir-fahren-gegen-engelland-were-off-to-attack-england-1939/
description: A grid of fourteen photographs of wrecked German aircraft with swastika tail markings, guarded or examined by British soldiers and civilians.
section: Collection
---

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[![Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland!, 1939 UK poster: A grid of fourteen photographs of wrecked German aircraft with swastika tail](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-wir-fahren-gegen-engelland-were-off-to-attack-england-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-wir-fahren-gegen-engelland-were-off-to-attack-england-1939.jpg)

# Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland! (We're Off to Attack England!)

A grid of fourteen photographs of wrecked German aircraft with swastika tail markings, guarded or examined by British soldiers and civilians, surrounds a pictogram comparing German and British aircraft losses on five dates in 1940. The tell is the label 'Nazi Hymn of Hate' for a German song and the loss chart, which gives paired counts for selected dates only and no total for British losses or a source (name-calling, card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (German and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
WIR FAHREN GEGEN ENGELLAND!
(WE'RE OFF TO ATTACK ENGLAND!)

HERE, IN GERMAN, is the title of the Nazi Hymn of Hate. And here are official photographs of some of the German aircraft that flew to attack Britain. In the Battle of Britain, 1940, a great many came
-2,375 certainly did not return!

[chart:] A comparison of German and British losses during the Battle of Britain. (Each symbol equals 8 machines.)
Aug. 15 181-34 | Aug. 18 152-22 | Aug. 31 94-37 | Sept. 7 103-22 | Sept. 11 89-24 | Sept. 15 185-25 | Sept. 27 133-34

[emblem:] THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AUGUST-OCTOBER 1940 (1940 1942)

[Translation of the German headline, as printed on the sheet: We're off to attack England!]
```

[← Winter Meals from a Well-Planned Plot](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-winter-meals-well-planned-plot-1939/) [Women are Winning the War of Production →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-women-are-winning-the-war-of-production-1939/)

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