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Back the Attack 1943 | Georges Schreiber WW2 War Bonds Poster
Back the Attack 1943 | Georges Schreiber WW2 War Bonds Poster
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A paratrooper holds his position, machine gun ready, as fellow airborne soldiers descend through a blue sky filled with parachutes. The urgent red text 'Back the Attack!' dominates the composition while 'Buy War Bonds 3rd War Loan' anchors the bottom in bold black lettering.
Commissioned by the US War Finance Division and designed by Belgian-American artist Georges Schreiber in 1943, this poster was part of the Third War Loan campaign that ran from September to October 1943. Schreiber, who had witnessed the horrors of war in Europe before emigrating to America in 1928, brought authentic gravity to his wartime poster work.
The poster exemplifies American wartime propaganda design at its most effective, using stark realism rather than abstract symbolism to connect home front citizens with battlefield realities. Schreiber's background as an American Scene painter, honed through his work with the Works Project Administration, informed his direct approach to wartime communication.
Part of a series that included 'Keep Them Flying' and 'Fire Away', this represents Schreiber's significant contribution to World War 2 visual communication, restored as a fine art archival print.
