La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre! Aux Armes Citoyens! Formez vos Bataillons... (France Forever)
A winged figure with a raised sword, in the style of the Arc de Triomphe sculpture, flies across a blue-white-red field beside a Cross of Lorraine badge marked 'France Libre'; the text reads 'France has lost a battle! But France has not lost the war!' over a facsimile signature of de Gaulle and the call to arms. The tell is the transfer of the tricolour, the Marseillaise's words and the Arc de Triomphe figure onto the Free French cause.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1940
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- France Forever (named in the footer); text over the facsimile signature of C. de Gaulle
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 (issuer and publication year not stated on the item)
France Forever, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-790.
Text on the object
La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre! [signature:] C. de Gaulle Aux armes, Citoyens! Formez vos bataillons...! FRANCE LIBRE POUR TOUS RENSEIGNEMENTS S'ADRESSER A FRANCE FOREVER [Translation: France has lost a battle! But France has not lost the war! To arms, citizens! Form your battalions...! Free France. For all information apply to France Forever.]
