Hi Malcolm,
Good to hear from you, you are right about the American propaganda and recruitment artwork, they were utilising the the best of the admen the Madison Avenue could provide, here are three more samples of the admens work,
BrianD
Hi Malcolm,
Good to hear from you, you are right about the American propaganda and recruitment artwork, they were utilising the the best of the admen the Madison Avenue could provide, here are three more samples of the admens work,
BrianD
That centre poster of Admiral "Bull" Halsey looks more like a billboard advertising a Hollywood movie. Never-the-less, I would have found the navy nurse more attractive as an inducement to join up.
Winter Convoys.
These two pictures ,by British war artists, give us a small idea of what things were like in those far off days, the first picture ,by James Morris shows an incoming convoy to Murmansk. They have just come out of thestormy Barents Sea and are in the calmer waters of the coast ,but here they are at great risk from enemy bombers and U-Boats,this is a time of great tension and uncertainty.
The second picture ,by Peter Whalley, shows a convoy escort armed with the odd looking CAP, the Cable and Parachute device,The two rockets were shot in the air with a thin steel cable between them.Then each blossomed a parachute and floated down. The cable between them was meant to entangle attacking planes. The weapon was not very effective,but it gave the seamen the feeling that they were fighting back,
BrianD
Good paintings there Brian. on the one on the right. look at the sky it is a perfecy reproduction of the real thing. wish I could paint like that.
Never-the-less, I would have found the navy nurse more attractive as an inducement to join up.
I would hope so Mlac.
I wouldn't have got a whiff of it, Cap'n. Those girls were all commissioned officers.
Acknowledgement---"Various War 2 Book's"
------.THE FIRST SHOT OF WW2 was fired from the German battleship Schleswig Holstein which was on an official visit to Poland and berthed in Danzig harbour. At 4.30 am on September 1, 1939, the ship moved slowly down the Port Canal and took up position opposite the WESTERPLATTE (An area containing Polish troop barracks and workshops) and at 4.47 am, the order to 'Fire' was given. World War II had begun. Seven days later the Westerplatte Garrison surrendered.
Reg.
Three very different styles of propaganda, the first is a Soviet political cartoon showing the powerful allies united against a ragbag of fascist powers. The second is a recruiting poster for the British armed forces . The third one is a shocker, designed to arouse hatred of a wicked enemy. They were too!!!
BrianD
Hi Reg,
here is the old German battleship Schleswig-Holstein. She was classified as a training ship when she fired the first shots of WW11. This sketch was by the German war artist Adolf Bock and he has managed to capture the savagery of that first dreadful shot that rang around the world,
BrianD
Great examples of their type,Brian!Originally Posted by brian daley
Two pieces of Italian fascist wartime propaganda, very well executed and expensively done. Old Mussolini was so very vain.......................but he made the trains run on time !
BrianD
And we can't forget that WWII was the real start of women in the workplace - the famous Rosie the Riveter... but there were others -
And some US anti-Nazi propaganda --
...and, since this is a ships at war thread....
All of the above from a collection a NorthWestern University
Brilliant stuff AZ gila, this stuff is pure gold. I wonder if anyone else out there has any wartime ephemera; get it out and post it it if you have,
BrianD
How about this one, Women in wartime. World War One.
]My Grandad worked at Vickers shipyard in Barrow in Furness and died in 1914, his wife , my Grandma, started working in Vickers shipyard. the dress they wore had the V for Vickers on the front. Vickers built warships and Merchant ships for the war effort.
My Grandma is the one on the end on the right.
I have been trying to do my families history and I found this photo at my 99 year old Aunty`s house.
Brian,
are you sure they are nurses? They look like a load of lady freemasons, you could be done for breaking the code of secrecy,
BrianD
Not sure what the job was, but it was at Vickers Shipyard. I dont think she was a riveter or Blacksmith.
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