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title: 'A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-portuguese-1942/
description: 'A photo-montage news sheet in Portuguese shows five U.S. military scenes: tanks in the desert, the battleship Iowa on the slipway.'
section: Collection
---

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[![A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas \[The War Illustrated: News of the Americas\], 1942 US poster: A photo-montage news](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-portuguese-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-portuguese-1942.jpg)

# A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]

A photo-montage news sheet in Portuguese shows five U.S. military scenes: tanks in the desert, the battleship Iowa on the slipway, bombers returning from raids in the Middle East, winter troops in Alaska and a depth-charge explosion. Only successes and strength are selected, with captions such as 'Depth charges mean death for the submarines' (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
A GUERRA ILUSTRADA
NOTÍCIAS DAS AMÉRICAS

Tanques estadunidenses avançando no deserto

O "IOWA", o maior vaso de guerra norte-americano, de 45 mil toneladas.

Bombardeiros americanos de volta de raides contra o Eixo no Oriente Médio.

Combatentes norte-americanos de inverno treinam na neve do Alaska.

Bombas de profundidade significam a morte para os submarinos.

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

U.S. tanks advancing in the desert

The "IOWA", the largest North American warship, of 45 thousand tons.

American bombers back from raids against the Axis in the Middle East.

North American winter fighters train in the snow of Alaska.

Depth charges mean death for the submarines.

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Commerce Department Building, Washington, D.C.
```

[← A Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 5 \[The War Illustrated: News of the Americas\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-a-guerra-ilustrada-5-portuguese-1942/) [As Américas Unidas para a Vitória e o Progresso \[The Americas United for Victory and Progress\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-americas-unidas-calendar-portuguese-1942/)

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