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American Battleship North Carolina [Arabic]
A photograph taken along the deck of a US battleship shows its forward gun turret firing in a cloud of smoke, above an Arabic text block, a US flag and a portrait of President Roosevelt. The flag and the attributed order from the President lend authority (transfer), and the text gives only US ship counts and claims of superiority (card-stacking).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (NARA RG 44 series; issuer not printed on the sheet)
- 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)
Office of War Information, 1942-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268423, 44-PF-R-4b).
Text on the object
— اطلقوا النار حال رؤية العدو — الرئيس روزفلت اعظم مدرعات العالم سلاحا واكملها عدة ووقاية هي المدرعة «نورث كارولينا» وقد لحقت بباقي مفردات الاسطول الامريكي للقيام بأوامر رئيس الولايات المتحدة القائلة بوجوب اطلاق نيران الاسطول على قراصين البحر حال رؤيتهم لكي تبقى مسالك البحار آمنة حرة. وقد انزلت اربع مدرعات اخر الى البحر هي طوالع سبع عشرة مدرعة جديدة ستضاف قريبا الى الاسطول فيصبح عدد المدرعات في الاسطول الامريكي اثنين وثلاثين مدرعة وهو ضعف ما تملكه أية دولة بحرية اخرى. وللولايات المتحدة ٣٤٣ بارجة حربية جاهزة تمخض لجج البحار و ٣٤٥ بارجة اخرى في دور البناء. الرئيس روزفلت
— FIRE AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE ENEMY — President Roosevelt The world's most heavily armed battleship, and the most complete in equipment and protection, is the battleship "North Carolina", which has joined the rest of the units of the American fleet to carry out the orders of the President of the United States, which call for the fleet to open fire on the pirates of the sea as soon as they are sighted, so that the sea lanes remain safe and free. Four other battleships have been launched, the first of seventeen new battleships that will soon be added to the fleet, bringing the number of battleships in the American fleet to thirty-two, double what any other naval power possesses. The United States has 343 warships ready, churning the depths of the seas, and 345 other warships under construction. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
