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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Your Country Needs You canonical 1

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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 ⓘ