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title: 戰機萬架 掃蕩三島 [Ten thousand warplanes sweep the three islands] (US poster in Chinese)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-ten-thousand-warplanes-sweep-japan-chinese-1942/
description: A photograph of a four-engined bomber marked 'U.S. ARMY' sits above four large characters per column announcing ten thousand warplanes to sweep the three
section: Collection
---

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# 戰機萬架 掃蕩三島 [Ten thousand warplanes sweep the three islands] (US poster in Chinese)

A photograph of a four-engined bomber marked 'U.S. ARMY' sits above four large characters per column announcing ten thousand warplanes to sweep the three islands. The tell is the bare numerical threat, with no source for the figure, set beside a single aircraft as proof of strength.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
戰機萬架
掃蕩三島

美國政府宣傳部印發
```

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

```
Ten thousand warplanes
sweep the three islands

Printed and issued by the United States Government Propaganda Department
```

[← Mounted Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-mounted-portrait-franklin-d-roosevelt-1942/) [اسرع الطائرات الحربية في العالم \[World's Fastest Fighting Plane\] \[Arabic\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-arabic-1942/)

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