This poster illustrated the war as a fight between good and evil. It embodied the German enemy as a savage killing machine. Calling them “Huns” was a derogatory word for the Germans from 4th and 6th-century tribes known for their barbarism.
This poster was produced by the U.S. during World War I to promote support for the war. This poster shows an inhuman and enormous German soldier, his head and shoulders on the horizon over a war-stricken landscape. He holds a gun with a bloody smeared bayonet in his right hand and his left hand resting on a ruined structure with bloody fingers. The caption, “Beat Back the HUN with LIBERTY BONDS,” took advantage of the fear of Americans and urged them to buy liberty bonds to finance the war.
View an Original at Maine Military Museum and Learning Center