![Los Grandes Cañones Hablan [The Big Guns Speak], 1942 US poster: A colour photograph taken from a US warship shows a gun](../images/us-ociaa-los-grandes-canones-hablan-spanish-1942.jpg)
Los Grandes Cañones Hablan [The Big Guns Speak]
A colour photograph taken from a US warship shows a gun firing across the sea, with a Spanish caption saying the battleship's guns throw tons of shrapnel at the enemy's defences before a landing. Only the firepower is shown, and nothing of its cost or of the other side of the exchange (card-stacking).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- 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 (US federal government work)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268179, local identifier 44-PF-840.
Text on the object
LOS GRANDES CAÑONES HABLAN Como preludio a la invasión por tierra, los cañones de un acorazado estadunidense arrojan toneladas de metralla contra las defensas del enemigo. Publicado por el Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Wáshington, E. U. A.
THE BIG GUNS SPEAK As a prelude to the invasion by land, the guns of a US battleship hurl tons of shrapnel against the enemy's defences. Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.
