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 fusionGlittering generalities

Date

1944

Period

Second World War

Made by

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordenador de Assuntos Interamericanos), Washington; artist signed (signature illegible)

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

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

Public domain (U.S. federal government work, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs)
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, c. 1944. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268159, 44-PF-830).

IRMÃOS DE ARMAS

BRASIL

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

[signature:] [illegible]

BROTHERS IN ARMS

BRAZIL

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

[signature:] [illegible]