Object description
whole: the main image occupies the majority, with a series of smaller images positioned around the edge of the poster as a border. The title is separate and placed across the top edge, in red, set against a yellow background. The main text is separate and placed across the bottom edge, in black, set against a blue background. Further text is integrated and positioned over the majority, in black, white and red. image: a map of southern Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, centred around the Mediterranean Sea. Countries occupied by the Axis Powers are coloured black; neutral countries are in yellow and white vertical stripes; French colonial areas are in red; British colonial areas are in yellow; areas under combined British and French rules are in red and yellow vertical stripes. White lines are used to show the routes of Allied attacks in north Africa. The smaller images are silhouetted depictions of military equipment including tanks, aircraft and warships; bullets, bayonets and grenades; and clothing, boots and helmets. text: OUR WORK WILL HELP DECIDE - [map has various place names] WATCH THE NEW MOVES ON THE MAP 'WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?' MINISTRY OF SUPPLY No. 55 REVISED EDITION
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Ministry of Supply Poster No.55 (Revised Edition).
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