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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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- United States Government propaganda department (美國政府宣傳部), Chinese-language edition
- 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
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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 (US federal government work, NARA RG 44)
United States Government, c. 1942. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, local identifier 44-PF-752d.
Text on the object
戰機萬架 掃蕩三島 美國政府宣傳部印發
Ten thousand warplanes sweep the three islands Printed and issued by the United States Government Propaganda Department
