Description
Object description
whole: the two main images occupy the majority, with a smaller image placed in the lower left, held within a blue circular
inset. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower fifth, in black. All set against a white background and held within a
yellow border.
image: the left image is a depiction of three soldiers from the Royal West African Frontier Force, driving in a jeep. The right image is a
full-length depiction of several African infantrymen, holding rifles, jumping over a wall during a training exercise. The smaller image is
a Union Flag.
text: Soldats du R.W.A.F.F. dans un jeep. C'est dans un terrain aussi difficile que celui que vous voyez ici qu'ils sont avancé le long de
la vallée du Kaladan, en Birmanie.
SOLDATS ANGLAIS ET DE L'EMPIRE BRITANNIQUE EN EXTRÊME ORIENT
SOLDATS DE L'AFRIQUE ORIENTALE ET OCCIDENTALE ANGLAISE
Les soldats de l'Afrique orientale et occidentale anglaise, qui ont combattu les Japonais en Birmanie, sont parmi les meilleures troupes
coloniales du monde. Les indigènes de la Côte de l'Or, du Nigéria, du Sierra Leone, et de la Gambie constituent le Royal West African
Frontier Force, dont un régiment a combattu en Birmanie du nord dans le célèbre contingent des Tchindits. La onzième division de l'Afrique
orientale est constituée par des Askaris du King's African Rifles, qui viennent du Kenya, de l'Ouganda, du Tanganyika, du Nyasaland, de
Zanzibar et de la Somalie britannique, et par le Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Elle est sous le commandement du général Slim et fait partie
de la quatorzième armée. Nombreux sont ceux de ces indigènes qui portent le ruban de l'African Star, décoration qu'ils ont gagnée pendant
la campagne de 1940-41 en Afrique orientale. Aux côtes de célèbres régiments anglais et indiens, ils se sont distingués et ont acquis la
réputation de compter parmi les plus braves des soldats de l'Empire.
POUR LA LIBERTÉ
O.P.D. 365/13/34
[Men of the R.W.A.F.F. in a jeep. It was through difficult country like this that they advanced along the Kaladan valley in Burma. This is
the sort of training which African soldiers went through when they were preparing for the campaign in Burma. British Empire and
Commonwealth Warriors in the Far East. Soldeirs from east and west Africa. Amongst the finest Colonial troops in the world are the men from
East and West Africa who fought the Japanese in Burma. From the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Gambia come men of the Royal West
African Frontier Force, a regiment of which served with the famous Chindits in North Burma. In the Eleventh East African Division are
Askaris of the King's African Rifles from Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, Zanzibar and Somaliland, and men of the Northern Rhodesia
Regiment, who are serving with the Fourteenth Army under the command of General Slim. Many of these African soldiers wear the ribbon of the
Africa Star, earned during the East African Campaigns of 1940 and 1941. In company with some of the most famous British and Indian
regiments, they have already won a high place for themselves among the Empire's warriors. For freedom.]
Physical description
O.P.D. 365/13/34.
An English language version was also produced (see PST 16279).
Produced as part of a series of posters (see PST 16275, PST 16276, PST 16277, PST 16278, PST 16279, PST 16281 and PST
16282).
