Primary Source 25.3: Wartime Propaganda Posters

This famous French propaganda poster from 1918 (left) proclaims “They shall not pass” and expresses the French determination to hold back the German invaders at any cost. The American recruitment poster from 1917 (right) encourages “fighting men” to “join the Navy.”

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(Private Collection/© Galerie Bilderwelt/The Bridgeman Art Library)
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(Private Collection/© Galerie Bilderwelt/The Bridgeman Art Library)

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