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title: '''L''Arme de la Victoire Suprême'' [The Weapon of Supreme Victory] (The Final Victory Weapon [French])'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-final-victory-weapon-french-1942/
description: A photograph of a US four-engine bomber (Flying Fortress) seen from below sits over a French text block, a US flag and a portrait of President Roosevelt.
section: Collection
---

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[!['L'Arme de la Victoire Suprême' \[The Weapon of Supreme Victory\], 1942 US poster: A photograph of a US four-engine bomber](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-final-victory-weapon-french-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-final-victory-weapon-french-1942.jpg)

# 'L'Arme de la Victoire Suprême' [The Weapon of Supreme Victory] (The Final Victory Weapon [French])

A photograph of a US four-engine bomber (Flying Fortress) seen from below sits over a French text block, a US flag and a portrait of President Roosevelt, inside a blue border of stars. The flag and portrait attach national authority to the aircraft (transfer), and the text gives altitude and production claims with no counter-figures (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
L’ARME DE LA
VICTOIRE SUPRÊME

Les raids de bombardement à longue distance effectués par la Royal Air Force ont révélé la Forteresse Volante américaine comme l’arme que les aggresseurs n’avaient pas prévue. Attaquant d’une altitude de 12.192 mètres—et les nouveaux modèles voleront encore plus haut—cet avion monte au-delà de la portée des canons antiaériens et de la hauteur de vol des aéroplanes de défense les plus puissants. Ces bombardiers formidables sortent en ce moment de 4 grandes usines américaines auxquelles vient de s’ajouter une importante usine tout récemment bâtie par Henry Ford pour cette fabrication spéciale. L’expérience des ingénieurs américains, en même temps que les immenses ressources dont le pays dispose, assure la production en masse de la Forteresse Volante. Programme de production initiale aux Etats-Unis: 500 par mois.

LE PRÉSIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

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

```
THE WEAPON OF
SUPREME VICTORY

The long-distance bombing raids carried out by the Royal Air Force have revealed the American Flying Fortress as the weapon that the aggressors had not foreseen. Attacking from an altitude of 12,192 metres—and the new models will fly higher still—this aircraft climbs beyond the range of anti-aircraft guns and the flight height of the most powerful defence aeroplanes. These formidable bombers are now coming out of 4 large American factories, to which has just been added an important plant very recently built by Henry Ford for this special manufacture. The experience of American engineers, together with the immense resources the country has at its disposal, ensures the mass production of the Flying Fortress. Initial production programme in the United States: 500 a month.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

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