!['Luchamos por la libertad de todos' [We Fight for the Freedom of All], 1941 US poster: A stylised helmeted profile in blue](../images/us-ociaa-luchamos-por-la-libertad-de-todos-kauffer-1941.jpg)
'Luchamos por la libertad de todos' [We Fight for the Freedom of All]
A stylised helmeted profile in blue, its helmet scattered with stars, is set against red and white stripes that echo the US flag, under the Spanish line 'We fight for the freedom of all'. Glittering generalities: 'freedom of all' is a virtue phrase that carries the claim without naming an enemy or a programme. Transfer: the flag's colours and stars are laid onto the soldier's helmet to attach national prestige to the war effort.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos), Washington; artist E. McKnight Kauffer
- 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. government work, NARA RG 44 OWI series)
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; artist E. McKnight Kauffer, 1941-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268181, 44-PF-841).
Text on the object
LUCHAMOS POR LA LIBERTAD DE TODOS Publicado por El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E. U. A. [signature:] E McKnight Kauffer
WE FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF ALL Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A. [signature:] E McKnight Kauffer
