"Lick Them Over There!" | Canada Declares War | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars

Recruitment posters from the Second World War attracted volunteers by using idealized imagery of the Canadian soldier. Issued by the War Services Department (circa 1941-1942), this poster shouts out: "Lick them over there!" and"Come on Canada!"

Illustrated poster, colour. A Canadian soldier, gun in hand, stands on a globe, feet on Canada and the United Kingdom, where a Union Jack flies and large guns fire upwards. He is yelling, pointing towards Europe. Dark clouds and swastikas are in the sky. — (Canadian War Museum, No. 19920196-054.)

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