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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unattributed British wartime poster series 'The Battle of Britain, August-October 1940' (no imprint visible)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright expired); NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Unattributed British wartime poster series 'The Battle of Britain, August-October 1940' (no imprint visible). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-434d.
Text on the object
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!]
