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title: Vaikka kestäisi kuinkakin kauan... [American Battleship North Carolina] (Finnish edition)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-american-battleship-north-carolina-finnish-1942/
description: A photograph taken along the deck of a US battleship shows its forward gun turret firing in a cloud of smoke, with sailors on the bridge wing.
section: Collection
---

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[![Vaikka kestäisi kuinkakin kauan... \[American Battleship North Carolina\], 1942 US poster: A photograph taken along the deck](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-american-battleship-north-carolina-finnish-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-american-battleship-north-carolina-finnish-1942.jpg)

# Vaikka kestäisi kuinkakin kauan... [American Battleship North Carolina] (Finnish edition)

A photograph taken along the deck of a US battleship shows its forward gun turret firing in a cloud of smoke, with sailors on the bridge wing, above a Finnish quotation attributed to President Roosevelt, a US flag, his portrait and a short text. The quotation credited to the president backs the policy (testimonial), the flag and stars add national weight (transfer), and the text cites only US battleship totals with no comparison figures (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Vaikka kestäisi kuinkakin kauan ennenkuin voimme
ylittää tämän suunnitellun hyökkäyksen meitä vastaan, niin
Ameriikan kansa oikeudentuntoisella mahdillaan tulee lo-
pussa saavuttamaan täydellisen voiton."
... PRESIDENTTI ROOSEVELT

Parhaiten aseistettu ja suojattu taistelulaiva maailmassa on
U.S.A.:n sotalaivasto. Neljä uutta taistelulaivaa tämän lisäksi on
laskettu vesille, nämä neljä ovat ensimäiset niistä 17 uudesta
taistelulaivasta, joita tullaan valmistamaan ja jotka kohottavat
U.S.A.:n uusien taistelulaivojen lukumäärän 32, joka on kaksi
kertaa niin suuri, kuin minkään muun maan merivoima. U.S.A.:lla
on nyt 343 sotalaivaa toiminnassa ja 345 on rakenteilla.

PRESIDENTTI ROOSEVELT
```

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

```
"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion against us, the American people, with their righteous might, will in the end win through to absolute victory."
... PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

The best armed and protected battleship in the world is the U.S.A.'s warship. Four new battleships have been launched in addition to this one; these four are the first of the 17 new battleships that will be built and that will raise the number of the U.S.A.'s new battleships to 32, which is twice as large as the naval force of any other country. The U.S.A. now has 343 warships in operation and 345 are under construction.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

[← American Battleship North Carolina \[Chinese\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-american-battleship-north-carolina-chinese-1942/) ['Tirez à Première Vue!' \[Shoot on Sight!\] (American Battleship North Carolina \[French\]) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-american-battleship-north-carolina-french-1942/)

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