Themes

recruitment

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Poster: “Fate tutti il vostro dovere! · Отчего вы не въ арміи?”

Poster: “Fate tutti il vostro dovere! · Отчего вы не въ арміи?”

1917, 1919 · Italy / Russia · WWI / 1917–22Do your duty, all of you! · Why are you not in the army?A White Army poster of 1919 is an almost literal repaint of an Italian one.

Poster: “Your first duty is to take your part in ending the war”

1915 · Ireland · WWIYour Empire Needs You!The Irish were called to fight for an empire, and promised self-government in return.

Poster: “Who’s absent? Is it you?”

1915 · United Kingdom · WWIWho’s absent? Is it you?In 1915 the British finger stopped inviting and started shaming.

Poster: “Britons. [Kitchener] Wants You · I Want You for U.S. Army”

Poster: “Britons. [Kitchener] Wants You · I Want You for U.S. Army”

1914, 1917 · United Kingdom / United States · WWIYour Country Needs You!This gesture was invented in London in 1914, but it became famous in America.