The war and sport connection made by John Singer Sargent is also made explicit in the recruitment posters shown here. Men of Millwall are being urged to join up in a team game and to represent ...

The armistice that came into effect at 11 a.m. local time on Nov. 11, 1918, silenced the guns of World War I, ending one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history.

This incredible collection of 20th-century armed forces campaign posters shows how far social attitudes have changed between the First World War and modern Army recruitment. In the wake of the ...

One hundred fifty years ago, the Civil War began and the fighting was brutal. Nearly 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lost their lives -- more Americans than in both World Wars combined. The ...

I appeal to every young man of military age to join the colours. The Rev. William P. Burke, C.C., at Cahir, 14th November, 1915. (sic) More World War I posters can be viewed here.

World War I, the Great War, the war to end all wars, was not the war to end all propaganda. That may be the most striking lesson offered by “Over There! Posters From World War I,” which runs ...

Patriotic posters appealing to American women for assistance during World War II led to thousands volunteering for the ...

The posters cover a vast array of topics, including recruitment, women working and war contributions A collection of 165 posters, which lay undiscovered for decades, reveal government messages to ...

A RARE collection of almost every original First World War recruitment poster has been discovered – after spending 30 years hidden in an attic.

U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center art curator Jim McNally discussed the design, objectives, and artists of World War I posters. With goals ranging from recruitment to fundraising to food ...

It is the definitive piece of First World War propaganda - but the once-ubiquitous portrait of Lord Kitchener, drawn for the London Opinion magazine in 1914 by Alfred Leete, was itself a work of ...

It was so popular that it was adapted and used for recruitment during World War II. When Flagg presented a copy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Flagg told the president he used his own ...