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title: 'A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 5 [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-5-portuguese-1942/
description: A photo-collage news sheet shows US airmen in England, US Red Cross workers beside a wrecked gun in Libya, Brazilian Army cadets on parade.
section: Collection
---

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# A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 5 [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]

A photo-collage news sheet shows US airmen in England, US Red Cross workers beside a wrecked gun in Libya, Brazilian Army cadets on parade, US troops at field Mass on a Pacific island and US tank-destroyer troops in face paint. Only Allied strength and piety are pictured (card-stacking), and the Brazilian cadets are set beside US forces under the same banner (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Portuguese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
A GUERRA ILUSTRADA
NOTÍCIAS DAS AMÉRICAS

Aviadores estadunidenses na Inglaterra preparam-se para atacar posições nazis.

Agentes da Cruz Vermelha norte-americana contemplam um canhão destruído na Líbia.

Futuros oficiais do Exército brasileiro passam em revista na Escola Militar do Brasil.

Tropas estadunidenses celebrando missa campal numa ilha do Pacífico.

Tropas típicas destruidoras de tanques do Exército norte-americano.

No. 5
Publicado pelo Coordenador dos Assuntos Interamericanos
Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
THE WAR ILLUSTRATED
NEWS OF THE AMERICAS

American airmen in England prepare to attack Nazi positions.

Agents of the North American Red Cross look at a destroyed gun in Libya.

Future officers of the Brazilian Army pass in review at the Military School of Brazil.

American troops celebrating field Mass on an island in the Pacific.

Typical tank-destroying troops of the North American Army.

No. 5
Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Commerce Department Building, Washington, D.C.
```

[← A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 2 \[The War Illustrated: News of the Americas\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-2-portuguese-1942/) [A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas \[The War Illustrated: News of the Americas\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-portuguese-1942/)

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