Famous Wartime Propaganda Posters
Famous Wartime Propaganda Posters is a structured history dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Poster, Country, Era. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Poster, Country, Era, Artist / Creator, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Country groups
- 3 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
- Era groups
- 11 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Country, Era, and Artist / Creator across history entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Poster↕ | Country↕ | Era↕ | Artist / Creator↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Want YOU for U.S. Army (Uncle Sam) | United States | WWI (1917) | James Montgomery Flagg | Most iconic recruiting poster ever, pointing finger Uncle Sam, 4 million copies printed, still parodied globally |
| We Can Do It! (Rosie the Riveter) | United States | WWII (1943) | J. Howard Miller | Symbol of women's empowerment, factory worker flexing bicep, barely seen during WWII — became feminist icon decades later |
| Keep Calm and Carry On | United Kingdom | WWII (1939) | UK Ministry of Information | Never widely distributed during the war, rediscovered in 2000 at a bookshop, spawned millions of parodies |
| Loose Lips Sink Ships | United States | WWII (1942) | Seymour Goff (Ess-ar-gee) | Anti-espionage slogan warning soldiers not to share secrets, became a cultural idiom, OPSEC before OPSEC existed |
| The Motherland Calls! (Родина-мать зовёт!) | Soviet Union | WWII (1941) | Irakli Toidze | Woman with oath of enlistment rallying Soviet troops, inspired the massive Volgograd statue, emotional urgency |
| Britons — Lord Kitchener Wants You | United Kingdom | WWI (1914) | Alfred Leete | Original pointing-finger recruiting poster that inspired Uncle Sam, Lord Kitchener's stern gaze, 'Your Country Needs YOU' |
| Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds | United States | WWI (1918) | Frederick Strothmann | Demonized German soldiers as barbaric Huns, blood-soaked bayonet imagery, war bond fundraising through fear |
| Dig for Victory | United Kingdom | WWII (1941) | Mary Tunstall (attributed) | Encouraged civilians to grow their own food during rationing, allotment gardening surge, self-sufficiency message |
| Buy War Bonds (Iwo Jima flag-raising) | United States | WWII (1945) | Based on Joe Rosenthal photo | Flag-raising photo turned into war bond poster, 7th War Loan Drive raised $26 billion, became symbol of WWII sacrifice |
| The Enemy Is Listening | United Kingdom | WWII (1940s) | Cyril Kenneth Bird (Fougasse) | Careless Talk Costs Lives campaign, Hitler and Goering caricatures eavesdropping, humorous but deadly serious |
| Avenge Pearl Harbor | United States | WWII (1942) | Various artists | Rallied Americans after December 7 attack, turned isolationism into war fever overnight, multiple powerful versions |
| Workers of the World Unite (Soviet constructivism) | Soviet Union | 1920s-1930s | El Lissitzky, Alexander Rodchenko | Constructivist bold geometry, red and black palette, hammer and sickle, defined revolutionary graphic design |
| Produce for Victory (Food Production) | United States | WWII (1943) | Various (USDA) | Victory garden campaign, 20 million Americans grew food at home, patriotic farming, canning and preserving movement |
| Make Do and Mend | United Kingdom | WWII (1943) | UK Board of Trade | Rationing-era resourcefulness, repair clothes instead of buying new, Mrs. Sew-and-Sew mascot, anti-waste ethos |
| Women of Britain Say — GO! | United Kingdom | WWI (1915) | E.J. Kealey | Women watching men march to war, emotional manipulation recruiting tool, guilt-tripping through family duty |
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