World War II posters from Soviet Union
- World War II posters from Soviet Union
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= Popular themes =
= "Motherland calls!"
The first and the most famous Soveiet poster of the Great Patriotic War. The text on the sheet in the Motherland hand is the Red Army oath.
"For the Motherland, for Stalin!
The official war-cry of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War
Who cometh to us with a sword by the sword shall die
Quotation ascribed to the Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky who repelled Livonian Knights intrusion into Russia in 1242.
Soldier bests the enemy in hand-to-hand combat
Nazi tank will not pass here!
I wait for you, liberator!
Russian child-prisoner of a Nazi extermination camp. Other name of this poster is "Red Army warrior, rescue me!"
Death to the baby-killers
Caricature
Dynamic portrait
We are drinking the water of our native Dnieper. We will drink the water of the Prut, the Neman, the Western Bug. Cleanse the native land of the Nazi vermin!
Raise the Vicrory Banner in Berlin!
Red Army marching in Berlin and the Allied countries flags on the Brandenburg Gate
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