The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British war poster issued by the Ministry of Supply. It features a reproduction of a Soviet poster by the Kukryniksy initially published by Iskusstvo in June 1941 in an edition of 2000,000. The image depicts a caricature of a small, fat, Hitler dressed as Napoleon being pushed by the butt of a red army rifle wielded by a much bigger unseen Russian soldier. Hitler is holding a torn piece of paper saying 'Treaty' in Russian. This is a reference to the recently broken Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement signed by Germany and Russia in 1939. The silhouette cast by Hitler appears as that of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the shadow cast by the soldier's rifle appears as a pitchfork with the year '1812' printed on its shaft. A translation of the Russian text is integrated into the image and runs 'NAPOLEON SUFFERED DEFEAT AND SO ALSO WILL THE CONCEITED HITLER!'. References to the defeat of Napoleon were employed by Soviet artists during the Second World War to suggest that history would repeat itself and Russia would defeat the expansionist plans of Hitler as they had the French over a hundred years before.
British Second World War poster issued by the Department of Information in 1941. It is a reproduction of four separate Soviet War posters, each depicting Russia's strong determination to destroy Hitl
British Second World War poster issued by the Department of Information in 1941. It is a reproduction of four separate Soviet War posters, each depicting Russia's strong determination to destroy Hitl
Poster promoting the 'Books for Russia' Russian War Relief campaign featuring a quote by Bennett Cerf, American writer and publisher. He co-founded Random House, and regularly made appearances on tele
British Second World War poster issued by the Ministry of Supply in 1941. It was produced for display in factories to encourage increased production in support of the entry of the Soviet Union on the
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler
Collection relating to the North Russia Intervention service of 133029 Private Norman Montague Brooke, 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, North Russian Relief Force, Russia, 1919. Oversized Wallet 1 of
