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Vopnið sem tryggir sigur að endalokum [The Final Victory Weapon] [Icelandic]
An aerial photograph of a four-engined US bomber with a star roundel sits in a blue frame of stars, above a US flag, a portrait labelled 'Roosevelt, President' and text claiming a thousand such aircraft a month in 1942. The tell is transfer: the flag, stars and president's portrait lend national authority to a production claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (NARA Record Group 44 foreign-language 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
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- 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)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PF-R-2c (NAID 44268387).
Text on the object
VOPNIÐ SEM TRYGGIR SIGUR AÐ ENDALOKUM Hin “Fljúgandi virki,” sem Amerika sendi, eru vopn sem óvinirnir áttu ekki von á. Þau fljúga 40.000 fet uppí loftið (hin nýjasta gerð javnvel hærra) og þarafleiðandi geta hverki loftvarnarbyssur, eða flugvjelar sem hæðst fljúga valdið þeim neinn baga. Fjögur stór-verkstæði í Bandarikjunum eru nú að smíða þessar feiknar stóru sprengivjelar, ásamt afar mikilfenglegri nýrri verkstöð, sem Henry Ford ljet byggja aðallega til þess að koma fleirum af þessum svonefndu Fljúgandi virkjum á framfæri. Amerikanskir verkfræðingar munu geta með aðstoð þess mikla bolmagns sem felst í auð og verklægni Bandarikja manna smíðað þúsund af þessum Fljúgandi virkjum á mánuði 1942. ROOSEVELT, FORSETI
THE WEAPON THAT ENSURES VICTORY IN THE END The 'Flying Fortresses' that America sent are weapons the enemies did not expect. They fly 40,000 feet up into the air (the newest type even higher) and therefore neither anti-aircraft guns nor the aircraft that fly highest can cause them any trouble. Four large factories in the United States are now building these enormously large bombers, along with an exceedingly great new plant that Henry Ford had built chiefly to bring more of these so-called Flying Fortresses forth. American engineers will be able, with the help of the great strength that lies in the wealth and industrial skill of the Americans, to build a thousand of these Flying Fortresses a month in 1942. ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT
