World War II- Propaganda Posters

World War II- Propaganda Posters

This is a collection of WWII era Propaganda posters
from both the Axis & Allies forces.





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Here's a little history recap.

World War II (1939–1945)
Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria)
versus Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).


1939
Germany invades Poland and annexes Danzig;
Britain and France give Hitler ultimatum (Sept. 1),
declare war (Sept. 3). Disabled German pocket battleship
Admiral Graf Spee blown up off Montevideo, Uruguay,
on Hitler's orders (Dec. 17). Limited activity (“Sitzkrieg”) on Western Front.

1940
Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg (May 10).
Chamberlain resigns as Britain's prime minister; Churchill takes
over (May 10). Germans cross French frontier (May 12) using
air/tank/infantry “Blitzkrieg” tactics. Dunkerque evacuation
> about 335,000 out of 400,000 Allied soldiers rescued from
Belgium by British civilian and naval craft (May 26–June 3).
Italy declares war on France and Britain; invades France (June 10).
Germans enter Paris; city undefended (June 14). France and
Germany sign armistice at Compiègne (June 22). Nazis bomb
Coventry, England (Nov. 14).

1941
Germans launch attacks in Balkans.
Yugoslavia surrenders—General Mihajlovic continues guerrilla warfare;
Tito leads left-wing guerrillas (April 17). Nazi tanks enter Athens;
remnants of British Army quit Greece (April 27).
Hitler attacks Russia (June 22). Atlantic Charter—FDR and Churchill agree
on war aims (Aug. 14). Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Philippines,
Guam force U.S. into war; U.S. Pacific fleet crippled (Dec. 7). U.S. and
Britain declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.;
Congress declares war on those countries (Dec. 11).

1942
British surrender Singapore to Japanese (Feb. 15).
Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western
U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder
of the war (Feb. 19). U.S. forces on Bataan peninsula in Philippines
surrender (April 9). U.S. and Filipino troops on Corregidor island in
Manila Bay surrender to Japanese (May 6). Village of Lidice in
Czechoslovakia razed by Nazis (June 10). U.S. and Britain land in
French North Africa (Nov. 8).

1943
Casablanca Conference—Churchill and FDR agree on
unconditional surrender goal (Jan. 14–24).
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war
in Russia (Feb. 1–2). Remnants of Nazis trapped on Cape Bon, ending
war in Africa (May 12). Mussolini deposed; Badoglio named
premier (July 25). Allied troops land on Italian mainland after conquest
of Sicily (Sept. 3). Italy surrenders (Sept. 8). Nazis seize Rome (Sept. 10).
Cairo Conference: FDR, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek pledge defeat of Japan,
free Korea (Nov. 22–26). Tehran Conference: FDR, Churchill, Stalin agree
on invasion plans (Nov. 28–Dec. 1).

1944
U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and
hold beachhead (Jan. 22). U.S. and British troops enter Rome (June 4).
D-Day—Allies launch Normandy invasion (June 6). Hitler wounded in bomb
plot (July 20). Paris liberated (Aug. 25). Athens freed by Allies (Oct. 13).
Americans invade Philippines (Oct. 20).
Germans launch counteroffensive in Belgium—Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 16).

1945
Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin—establishes basis
for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by
Germany and Japan; USSR agrees to friendship pact with
China (Feb. 11). Mussolini killed at Lake Como (April 28). Admiral Doenitz
takes command in Germany; suicide of Hitler announced (May 1).
Berlin falls (May 2). Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at
Rheims (May 7). Allies declare V-E Day (May 8).
Potsdam Conference—Truman, Churchill, Atlee (after July 28),
Stalin establish council of foreign ministers to prepare peace treaties;
plan German postwar government and reparations (July 17–Aug. 2).
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima by U.S. (Aug. 6). USSR declares war on
Japan (Aug. 8). Nagasaki hit by A-bomb (Aug. 9). Japan agrees to
surrender (Aug. 14). V-J Day—Japanese sign surrender terms aboard
battleship Missouri (Sept. 2).