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title: Irmãos de Armas [Brothers in Arms]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-irmaos-de-armas-1944/
description: Two smiling, bandaged soldiers with arms around each other's shoulders, one with a U.S. flag shoulder patch and one with a 'BRASIL' patch.
section: Collection
---

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# Irmãos de Armas [Brothers in Arms]

Two smiling, bandaged soldiers with arms around each other's shoulders, one with a U.S. flag shoulder patch and one with a 'BRASIL' patch, stand against a blue ground under the Portuguese headline 'Irmãos de Armas'. The shared wounds and embrace merge the two nations into one fighting body (identity-fusion), and 'brothers in arms' is a warm virtue phrase carrying the argument (glittering generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
IRMÃOS DE ARMAS

BRASIL

617588
PUBLICADO PELO COORDENADOR DE ASSUNTOS INTERAMERICANOS, WASHINGTON, E.U.A.

[signature:] [illegible]
```

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

```
BROTHERS IN ARMS

BRAZIL

617588
PUBLISHED BY THE COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.

[signature:] [illegible]
```

[← O Almirante Chester W. Nimitz \[Admiral Chester W. Nimitz\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-admiral-nimitz-portuguese-1944/) [La Superfortaleza \[The Superfortress\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-la-superfortaleza-b29-spanish-1944/)

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