20 Iconic British World War II Propaganda Posters

2. "Beat 'Firebomb Fritz' - Britain Shall Not Burn" (1941)

An original 1939 Ministry of Information 'Keep Calm and Carry On' poster, left, is seen on display at Christie's auction house in London, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. The poster is to be auctioned in 'The London Sale' on Sept. 3 as is expected to realise a pr
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Another Ministry of Information poster released in 1941, this one showed the partisan nature of warfare. Britons were urged to "Beat 'Firebomb Fritz'", who was shown as a cartoon German incendiary bomb with a swastika symbol and he was being extinguished by water, presumably distributed by the fire service.

 
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