WW2 Canada Propaganda Collection

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WW2 Canada Propaganda Collection: Canada entered WWII in 1939, sent over a million people to serve, fought in the Atlantic, Italy, D-Day, and helped liberate the Netherlands. At home it became a major industrial producer, ended the Depression, and faced issues like Japanese-Canadian internment. About 45,000 Canadians died, and Canada emerged stronger and more influential after the war. (ChatGPT)

WW2 Canada Propaganda Posters:

Recruiting:

English posters:

1940 Join the Team! Royal Canadian Air Force

1941-42 Canada's New Army Needs Men Like You — 1941-42 Canada’s New Army Needs Men Like You

1941-42 You are needed Now! Step Up And Step Out ... in a Uniform! — 1941-42 You are needed Now! Step Up And Step Out … in a Uniform!

1941 'God bless you - Canada! — 1941 ‘God bless you – Canada!

1942 - To Victory — 1942 – To Victory

1942 Be Ready. The Army Must Finish The Job!

1942 Come on Canada!

1942 Let's Go... Canada! — 1942 Let’s Go… Canada!

1942 Lick Them over there! Come On Canada!

1942 If The Cap Fits Wear It!. Canada Needs You somewhere On The War Front

1942 A Veteran at 20! Royal Canadian Air Force

1942 'We're in another Team now' Royal Canadian Air Force — 1942 ‘We’re in another Team now’ Royal Canadian Air Force

1943 Come On, Peg - It'll Be Thrilling! Canadian Women's Army Corps — 1943 Come On, Peg – It’ll Be Thrilling! Canadian Women’s Army Corps

1944 Christmas over there! Canadian Women's Army Corps — 1944 Christmas over there! Canadian Women’s Army Corps

French posters:

1942 Allons - Y.. Canadiens! Enrolons-Nous — 1942 Let’s go, Canadians! Let’s enlist!

Fighting And Morale:

English posters:

1941-42 The Torch. Be Yours To Hold It High!

1942-43 Wanted Magazines for our fighting Men

1942 - To Victory — 1942 – To Victory

1942 For a Better year... and a Brighter Day. GM Canada — 1942 For a Better year… and a Brighter Day. GM Canada

1943 Men of Valor. They fight for you

1943 Men of Valor. They fight for you (2) — 1943 Men of Valor. They fight for you

1943 Men of Valor. They fight for you (3) — 1943 Men of Valor. They fight for you

French posters:

1942 Libertad De Cultos. Libertad De Palabrea. Libres. Libres De Miseria. Libres De Temor — 1942 Freedom of Worship. Freedom of Speech. Free. Free from Poverty. Free from Fear

Gear and Vehicles:

English posters:

1941 Guided And Guarded By The Invisible Power Of Radio. RCA Victor

1942 25 Million Man-Hours Ago. General Motors Of Canada

1942 Radio Helps Keep The Life-Line Open. RCA Victor

1942 Radio Helps To 'Deliver The Goods' RCA Victor — 1942 Radio Helps To ‘Deliver The Goods’ RCA Victor

1942 'Stukas Bombing Column - Send Air Support'! RCA Victor — 1942 ‘Stukas Bombing Column – Send Air Support’! RCA Victor

1942 Spearhead of Offense! Anaconda

1942 Talking Tanks Shape the Destiny of Battles. Stomberg-Carlson

1942 The Fighter Pilot Never Flies Alone. Stromberg-Carlson

1942 The Mouthpiece Of Victory. Stomberg-Carlson

1942 Victory is our Business. GM General Motors Of Canada

1944 Salute to Safety. Pioneer Parachute Company

Careless Talk:

English posters:

1940-41 Warning. Don't Let Your Careless Talk Help The Enemy. Be On Your Guard — 1940-41 Warning. Don’t Let Your Careless Talk Help The Enemy. Be On Your Guard

1940-42 Careless Talk Brings Tragedy In Wartime

1940-42 The Merchant Service Is Silent Too! Don't Talk About Cargoes Or Ship Sailings — 1940-42 The Merchant Service Is Silent Too! Don’t Talk About Cargoes Or Ship Sailings

1940 Beware. The Walls Have Ears

1940 Man Zippering His Lips

1940 'She Sails At Midnight...' He Talked.. This Happened. Careless Talk Costs Lives — 1940 ‘She Sails At Midnight…’ He Talked.. This Happened. Careless Talk Costs Lives

1941-42 Careless Words may cause Disaster!

1942-45 Warning Careless Talk May Help The Enemy. Be On Your Guard

1942 A Workman Gossiped. An Enemy Agent Acted. Don't Talk About Your War Job — 1942 A Workman Gossiped. An Enemy Agent Acted. Don’t Talk About Your War Job

1942 Beware. Spreading Vital Information Will Undermine Our War Effort. Do Your Part In Silence

1942 Sealed Lips Will Save Our Ships

1942 There Is Too Much Loose Talk. To Serve In Silence Is The Duty Of Every Citizen In Or Out Of Uniform

1943 Danke Schön! 'Thanks for the Tip-off' — 1943 Danke Schön! ‘Thanks for the Tip-off’

1943 Shoptalk may be Sabotalk. The Walls Have Ears

French posters:

1940 'Il Part Ce Soir...' Indiscretion.. Catastrophe. Se Taire, C'Est Servir — 1940 ‘He’s leaving tonight…’ A slip of the tongue… A disaster. Silence is a service.

Production:

English posters:

1939-45 Explosives. The Power that wins wars. Give The Boys That Power!

1940-41 The Men Are Ready... Only You Can Give Them Wings — 1940-41 The Men Are Ready… Only You Can Give Them Wings

1940-45 Our Answer. All-Out Production

1941-42 Big Guns Of The Home Front. Action Stations Everyone

1941-42 Every Canadian Must Fight

1941-42 Get Your Teeth Into The Job

1941-42 It's Our War — 1941-42 It’s Our War

1941-42 Whatever Your Job May Be Fight

1941 Give Us The Ships. We'll finish The Subs! — 1941 Give Us The Ships. We’ll finish The Subs!

1941 Says Mike. It's Got To Be Right.. To Win The Fight — 1941 Says Mike. It’s Got To Be Right.. To Win The Fight

1942-45 They're Smashing them up.... With My Ship! — 1942-45 They’re Smashing them up…. With My Ship!

1942 'Daddy Helps Build Them' To Protect Our Freedom — 1942 ‘Daddy Helps Build Them’ To Protect Our Freedom

1942 The Lives Of These Men Depend On Your Work

1942 To Victory! With Our Help

1942 Ask her why it's called The 'Home Front' Westinghouse — 1942 Ask her why it’s called The ‘Home Front’ Westinghouse

1942 Here's War Work To Do... And How To Do It — 1942 Here’s War Work To Do… And How To Do It

1942 How Can We Work Harder... Faster. Anaconda Copper & Brass — 1942 How Can We Work Harder… Faster. Anaconda Copper & Brass

1943 Attack On All Fronts

French posters:

1941 Quand? C'est a vous! — 1941 When? That’s up to you!

Finance:

English posters:

1939-45 For Your Future Good Fortune. Buy Victory Bonds

1939-45 Buy more Victory Bonds

1939-45 Can't you See. - you Must buy Victory Bonds — 1939-45 Can’t you See. – you Must buy Victory Bonds

1940-42 You Serve by Saving. Buy War Savings Certificates

1940-45 Make Your Savings Grow Too! Invest In More Victory Bonds

1940-45 They who buy and put away will ave real cash a later day. Buy and Keep your Victory Bonds

1940-45 Your Right of Way To Victory. Buy Victory Bonds and Keep them

1941-42 If you don't need it... Don't Buy It — 1941-42 If you don’t need it… Don’t Buy It

1941-45 Waiting. Buy Victory Bonds

1941 Let's Finish The Job! Boy Victory Bonds — 1941 Let’s Finish The Job! Boy Victory Bonds

1942 This Is Our War too! We're buying War Savings Certificates Every month — 1942 This Is Our War too! We’re buying War Savings Certificates Every month

1942 … Freedom… Security… Happiness. Buy the new Victory Bonds

1942 Canadians Rally to the Call. Get Ready to Buy The New Victory Bonds. Work... Save... Lend — 1942 Canadians Rally to the Call. Get Ready to Buy The New Victory Bonds. Work… Save… Lend

1942 ‘Go On, Spend It… what’s the difference.’ Buy War Savings Stamps

1942 Look in the Mirror Tonight and say this to yourself - Buy the New Victory Bonds! — 1942 Look in the Mirror Tonight and say this to yourself – Buy the New Victory Bonds!

1942 Mother budgets our future now. Buy the new Victory Bonds

1942 Nothing Matters Now but Victory. Buy the New Victory Bonds

1942 Nothing Matters Now But Victory. Buy the new Victory Bonds

1942 Shall it be This... or This. Buy The New Victory Bonds! — 1942 Shall it be This… or This? Buy The New Victory Bonds!

1942 This Christmas Give War Savings Certificates

1942 To these Four Freedoms … add another. Buy The New Victory Bonds

1942 You Must Do THis To End This. Buy Victory Bonds! Northern Electric

1942-45 Buy Victory Bonds

1943 All Aboard! Buy Victory Bonds

1943 Save To Beat The Devil! Buy Victory Bonds

1944 They also Buy Victory Bonds

1944 Invasion. For Millions of Fighting Men... the Big Battles Are Still Ahead! Buy Victory Bonds — 1944 Invasion. For Millions of Fighting Men… the Big Battles Are Still Ahead! Buy Victory Bonds

1944 To have and to hold! Victory Bonds

1944 'I wonder what Bill's doing this very minute' Get Ready to buy Victory Bonds — 1944 ‘I wonder what Bill’s doing this very minute’ Get Ready to buy Victory Bonds

1945 Spring '45. Buy Victory Bonds — 1945 Spring ’45. Buy Victory Bonds

French posters:

1943 Tous Ensemble Jusqu' an bout! Achetons Des Obligations de la Victoire — 1943 All Together Until the End! Let’s Buy Victory Bonds

Home Front:

English posters:

1940-41 Dig In and Dig Out the Scrap. Save Rags Bones Glass Metals Paper Rubber

1940-41 Wanted Scrap Metal .. to make Tanks, Guns, Ammunition

1940-41 We're in the army now. Your Aid Is Vital! Save Metals Rags Paper Bones Rubber Glass — 1940-41 We’re in the army now. Your Aid Is Vital! Save Metals Rags Paper Bones Rubber Glass

1940-41 We Want Rags For Vital War Needs

1941-42 Roll out the Rubber. Get In The Scrap

1942 Air Mail Special Delivery

1942 A Message From The Postmaster General. Air Mail

1942 Because We Need SO Much Of This... We Must Get On With Less Of This. Trans-Canada Telephone System — 1942 Because We Need SO Much Of This… We Must Get On With Less Of This. Trans-Canada Telephone System

1942 Canada's Air Mail Service Now Extends To Newfoundland And The United Kingdom — 1942 Canada’s Air Mail Service Now Extends To Newfoundland And The United Kingdom

1942 Canada's 'Housesoldier' Are Serving The Nation — 1942 Canada’s ‘Housesoldier’ Are Serving The Nation

1942 'Now you'll be sure to hear from me!'... Parker — 1942 ‘Now you’ll be sure to hear from me!’… Parker

1942 send an Armed Forces Air Letter To The Boys Overseas

1942 'Stop grumbling, Elmer, I'm just balancing your diet!' laughed Elsie — 1942 ‘Stop grumbling, Elmer, I’m just balancing your diet!’ laughed Elsie

1942 The Voice Of Victory Cries Speed. Air Mail

1942 With Love – Air Mail

1942 Write an Army Week Letter to Your Neighbor's Soldier Son — 1942 Write an Army Week Letter to Your Neighbor’s Soldier Son

1943 Make It Fit to fight. Get your work into the 'Scrap' - not the scrap heap — 1943 Make It Fit to fight. Get your work into the ‘Scrap’ – not the scrap heap

War time advertising:

1941 Gifts For A Wartime Christmas. Canadian General Electric

1941 Give Them A Parker Active Service Set

1941 Wherever you loved ones may be... Longines — 1941 Wherever you loved ones may be… Longines

1942 Colgate Is The Only Toothpaste Used By The Dionne Quins

1942 Forward To Victory - 'Wear-Ever' — 1942 Forward To Victory – ‘Wear-Ever’

1942 Give Her A Gift That He'll Remember You By! Keystone — 1942 Give Her A Gift That He’ll Remember You By! Keystone

1942 Give Her A Gift That She'll Remember You By! Keystone — 1942 Give Her A Gift That She’ll Remember You By! Keystone

1942 His Christmas Letter Brought Snapshots From Home

1942 History Writes In Facsimile. Waterman’s

1942 'In every walk of life' Parker — 1942 ‘In every walk of life’ Parker

1942 Keep Munitions Rolling. Buy Victory Bonds. Big Ben Westlox

1942 Make it easier for them to write home. Parker

1942 O.H.M.S. Royal Typewriters

1942 Then _ Now _ Always Writing History! Waterman's — 1942 Then _ Now _ Always Writing History! Waterman’s

1942 These are the things we are fighting for. Community

1942 They Write History In the Sky. Waterman’s

1942 Today... his home is on wheels! But he's fighting for this home of Tomorrow! Dominion Battleship — 1942 Today… his home is on wheels! But he’s fighting for this home of Tomorrow! Dominion Battleship

1942 Today... I live in Barracks! But we're planning our home of Tomorrow! Marboleum Flooring — 1942 Today… I live in Barracks! But we’re planning our home of Tomorrow! Marboleum Flooring

1942 'Tonight I leaned across 10,000 miles and kissed you! Gruen — 1942 ‘Tonight I leaned across 10,000 miles and kissed you! Gruen

1942 Victory won’t wait for the nation that’s late. Big Ben. Westclox

1943 Entertain Service Men and Women in Your Home. The Navy Sails Into The Ritz!

WW2 Canada Military Art:

Some interesting WW2 related links:

Wikipedia article about World War II
History.com article about World War II

My other WW2 related material:

All Countries during World War Two

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