Your Country Needs You

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"Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I poster
propaganda poster
recruitment slogan
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom
associatedWith British Army
Lord Kitchener recruitment campaign
circulatedIn United Kingdom home front
colorPalette monochrome
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Horatio Herbert Kitchener
direct gaze at viewer
pointing finger towards viewer
genre war propaganda
hasCulturalImpact became one of the most famous British posters of World War I
inspired later parodies and adaptations in popular culture
hasEffect encouraged enlistment at the outbreak of World War I
hasPart bold uppercase lettering of the slogan
image of Lord Kitchener pointing at the viewer
historicalPeriod World War I
inception 1914
influenced I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster
surface form: I Want You for U.S. Army
inspiredBy British patriotism
language English
mainCharacter Horatio Herbert Kitchener
medium print poster
notableFor iconic use of pointing figure in recruitment posters
widespread recognition as a symbol of British WWI propaganda
purpose encourage men to enlist in the British Army
sloganText Your Country Needs YOU
subjectOf British Army recruitment campaign
topic military service
national duty
patriotism
use military recruitment
usedFor recruitment of volunteers
visualFocus Horatio Herbert Kitchener
surface form: face of Lord Kitchener

pointing hand

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Horatio Herbert Kitchener hasPartInMotto Your Country Needs You