On June 22, 1941, Nazi troops crossed the border
into Soviet Russia -- the first contingent of what would eventually become the
largest military operation in history. In the first week of what Adolf Hitler's
generals had dubbed "Operation Barbarossa," some 600,000 Red Army soldiers were
killed, captured, or wounded, and more than 3 million Axis troops had advanced
200 miles into Soviet territory. The Soviet Army, with the help of the unforgiving
Russian winter, was eventually successful in turning back the assault, but at
tremendous cost -- millions of soldiers and civilians died in battle, and due to
starvation or cold.
During the early days of the invasion, as the German advance was making rapid progress, artists and writers gathered in Moscow under the banner of the TASS News Agency to look for a way to boost the rapidly sagging Soviet morale. Their solution was to produce massive posters that vilified the Nazis and lauded the Soviet resistance while commenting on the news of the war effort. Particularly notable for being produced under the totalitarian regime of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, their efforts stand out as some of the most striking works of art from World War II.
Discovered in 1997, deep in a storage area in the Art Institute of Chicago, these monumental posters -- some up to 10 feet tall -- are now on display at that museum. The captions below are translations of the posters' text.
Above, a poster reads: "Long live our native, invincible Red Army -- powerful fortress of the peaceful labor of the people of the USSR, faithful guardian of the achievements of the October Socialist Revolution."
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COMETLINEAR
7:56 PM ET
August 19, 2011
Great stuff. Thanks for compiling it.
Have we lived up to the sacrifices of that great generation?
COMETLINEAR
8:05 PM ET
August 19, 2011
A critique
I'm a professional graphic artist myself. I usually really like Soviet/Russian design, but most of this is pretty crude. (Or am I missing something?)
Again, I said *most*, not all.
FOREINGDC
4:20 AM ET
August 21, 2011
On June 22, 1941, Nazi troops crossed the border into Soviet Rus
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PETERBEXLEY
12:35 PM ET
September 17, 2011
Commrades
Just read the article. I found it very informative and agree with posts and points made above. Peter.
JOHNNY23
5:04 PM ET
September 19, 2011
Good stuff
I love seeing what the old war propaganda stuff looks like.
Thanks.
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