!['Zafer Silahı' [Weapon of Victory], 1942 US poster: A photograph of a US four-engine bomber (Flying Fortress) seen from above](../images/us-owi-final-victory-weapon-turkish-1942.jpg)
'Zafer Silahı' [Weapon of Victory] (The Final Victory Weapon [Turkish])
A photograph of a US four-engine bomber (Flying Fortress) seen from above sits over a Turkish 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
- 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
- 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, NARA RG 44 OWI series)
Office of War Information, c. 1942-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268395, 44-PF-R-2g).
Text on the object
ZAFER SİLAHI Mütecaviz devletlerin hesaba katmadıkları silah Amerikanın “Uçan kale” denilen ağır bombardıman tayyareleridir. 12,300 metre irtifadan hücum eden bu tayyareler tayyare dafi toplarından ve en yüksek uçan muharip tayyarelerden masundurlar. Bu müazzam tayyareler dört büyük Amerikan fabrikası ve Ford’un sırf bu maksadla kurduğu yeni büyük bir fabrika tarafından inşa edilmektedir. Amerikan mühendisliği ve tükenmez malzeme bu “Uçan kalelerin” toptan inşaatını kabil kılıyor. Amerika’nın bu sahada ilk inşaat programı, 1942 senesinin her ayında bu tip 1,000 tayyare çıkarmaktır. REİSİ CÜMHUR RUZVELT
WEAPON OF VICTORY The weapon that the aggressor states did not take into account is America’s heavy bombers called “Flying Fortresses”. These aircraft, which attack from an altitude of 12,300 metres, are safe from anti-aircraft guns and from the highest-flying fighter aircraft. These mighty aircraft are being built by four large American factories and by a large new factory that Ford set up solely for this purpose. American engineering and inexhaustible material make the mass construction of these “Flying Fortresses” possible. America’s first construction programme in this field is to turn out 1,000 aircraft of this type in every month of the year 1942. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
