You Are Wanted Too! Join the A.T.S.
A large photographed woman in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform strides forward over ranks of marching soldiers on a blue and red ground. 'You are wanted too' and the column behind her invite the viewer to join those already enlisted (bandwagon), while the heroic scale and upward gaze lend the service dignity.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office for the War Office (printed by A.C. Ltd)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Gender and suffrage
- 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)
His Majesty's Stationery Office / UK government, c. 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
YOU ARE WANTED TOO! JOIN THE A.T.S Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by A.C. Ltd. 51-3075
