| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 7991 |  | Details | Wehrmacht Propaganda Service | 1942 |
| German WWII propaganda poster Japanese capture of Singapore |
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Wehrmacht Propaganda Service |
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| 1942 |
| LOC:130 |
| $450.00 | Wehrmacht-Propaganda-Service | German-WWII-propaganda-poster-Japanese-capture-of-Singapore | Scarce German propaganda poster from World War II produced by the Wehrmacht Propaganda Service following the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Once considered the “Gibraltar of the East,” Singapore’s swift collapse to Japanese forces was seized upon by German propagandists to ridicule Britain’s waning imperial power and the failure of Allied defenses in Asia.
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Titled “Singapura em poder dos japoneses,” the poster presents four scenes of Japanese troops advancing through jungle terrain, tanks on the move, and aircraft strafing the island’s airfields. At the center, a map dramatizes the Allied supply routes to Singapore being severed—depicted with a pair of scissors—and highlights captured British and American bases throughout the South China Sea, the Philippines, and Malaya, symbolizing the Axis narrative of unstoppable Japanese expansion.<br></br>
Only two examples of this poster are found in WorldCat.
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At bottom: "A castello forte britanico na Grande Asia foi desbarratado Churchill e Roosevelt tambem ali perderam a jogo" reflecting the magnitude and impact of the defeat.
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Verso with Portuguese text related to Singapore and details of the conflict in Asia.
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