20 Iconic British World War II Propaganda Posters

16. "Rush Aid To Russia!" (1942-43)

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With the Russians (or the Soviets) singlehandedly holding back the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front from 1941-1943, Britain needed to provide Joseph Stalin and the USSR with all the material and financial aid it could.

This was one of a number of posters expressing that "Stalin must be sustained" if the Allies were to win the Second World War.

 
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