PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1943)

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TAG DER WEHRMACHT 3
ARMED FORCES DAY
(Apr 1943)

BACKGROUND: Following on from the single cards was a series of unknown quantity of cards with printer's code I/0727. The reverse side of the cards are all the same as the example below. Each card has the text "TAG DER DEUTSCHEN WEHRMACHT 1943" running along all 4 edges in red font. The images on the cards do not appear to be related, some of the army in action, others of speeches and others of soldiers in civilian life.

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No. 1
GERMAN HALF-TRACK MOVES TROOPS TO THE FRONT

No. 2
GERMAN HALF-TRACK WITH AINTI-AIRCRAFT GUN

No. 3
ADOLF HITLER QUOTE

The quote translates as:

"The German people and its soldiers today work and fight not only for themselves and their own time, but for coming, indeed the most distant generations." - Adolf Hitler

No. 4
ADOLF HITLER QUOTE

The quote translates as:

"Whoever loves his people proves it solely through the sacrifices he is prepared to make for it." - Adolf Hitler

No. 5
LADIES ON A PARK BENCH