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Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
July 11 2010 13:38 GMT
#1
This picture is from a political satire called Jibjab, im sure some of you have seen it, but thats not what im after, what is really interesting is whats behind McCain in this picture.

[image loading]


I know i have seem this theme before, with the tanks, the boats, the planes, etc arranged in this specific manner, does anyone know where this came from, or have any more examples of it? It is truly awe-inspiring.



[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
July 11 2010 13:52 GMT
#2
Come to think of it, it does look familiar
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prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
July 11 2010 13:57 GMT
#3
Yeah I know I've seen that somewhere... Can't quite put my finger on it...
Oh no
nK)Duke
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Germany936 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-11 14:06:58
July 11 2010 14:04 GMT
#4
On July 11 2010 22:52 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Come to think of it, it does look familiar




found it
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17274 Posts
July 11 2010 15:15 GMT
#5
It's older than that.
twitch.tv/cratonz
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
July 11 2010 15:36 GMT
#6
It wouldnt suprise me if it were from one of the world wards, or maybe the napoleonic wars etc..
serenidite
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)505 Posts
July 11 2010 15:42 GMT
#7
it gives the impression of D.Eisenhower landing on Normanday (D-Day)
and i know exactly what you mean. i feel like i've seen that layout (not the exact same picture) somewhere before
" Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-11 16:10:45
July 11 2010 16:10 GMT
#8
I think i saw this in WW2,(in spoiler)

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


it looks about the same minus the Boats and adding in soldiers..

and the obv angle at which its viewed from
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
July 11 2010 16:59 GMT
#9
Yeah, its kinda the same manner, but i remember it being towards both sides aswell, i know its more or less lampooned in the Red Alert 3 box art aswell
[image loading]
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
July 11 2010 18:15 GMT
#10
standard military artwork for propaganda posters ever since world war 1 and 2
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
July 11 2010 21:25 GMT
#11
[image loading]
You and your "5 years of competitive RTS experience" can take a hike. - FrozenArbiter
Biochemist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1008 Posts
July 12 2010 02:46 GMT
#12
On July 12 2010 03:15 CharlieMurphy wrote:
standard military artwork for propaganda posters ever since world war 1 and 2


This, but obviously carried way in excess for comedic value.
R2D2C3PO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada105 Posts
July 12 2010 02:47 GMT
#13
[image loading]
Eben
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States769 Posts
July 12 2010 03:11 GMT
#14
lol at the above poster.

Pokemon haha how perfect
Dukat
Profile Joined April 2009
United States235 Posts
July 12 2010 03:21 GMT
#15
On July 12 2010 03:15 CharlieMurphy wrote:
standard military artwork for propaganda posters ever since world war 1 and 2

This hands down. If you want more examples, I would suggest looking for WW2 propaganda. A lot of that ended up being fairly collectable thus easier to locate examples of. Were I not posting this from my phone, I would look up some examples from the US and our allies.

Reason the imagry is still used today is the baby boomer generation can recognize it very easily as a call to action, which is now being passed down the generations.
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
July 12 2010 17:21 GMT
#16
I disagree Dukat, my family struggles to even remember which countries were involved in WW2, and never presented me with any military imagery, yet the picture i posted in the OP is nevertheless incredibly inspirational.

I was kinda hoping this would go back to maybe the french revolution or something like that, trying to find where it originated from.
Biochemist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1008 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-12 20:13:55
July 12 2010 20:10 GMT
#17
On July 13 2010 02:21 Catch]22 wrote:
I disagree Dukat, my family struggles to even remember which countries were involved in WW2, and never presented me with any military imagery, yet the picture i posted in the OP is nevertheless incredibly inspirational.

I was kinda hoping this would go back to maybe the french revolution or something like that, trying to find where it originated from.


Really? WW2 was a lot closer to home in Scandinavia than it was here. Don't you have grandparents who were alive during the war?

Edit: also WW2 in the US was very much a "call to action" as Dukat said. It was an extremely patriotic time, similar to how we were right after 9/11 but probably even more. Maybe conditions were different in Sweden, what with being surrounded by the Germans AND the Soviets, and having pretty much everyone conscripted whether they wanted some or not.
Catch]22
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden2683 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-12 20:32:07
July 12 2010 20:28 GMT
#18
Actually, the only thing that really stood out was campaigns to help the finnish defend agains the soviets, as well as the still culturally huge "En Svensk Tiger" symbolism (which both means a swedish tiger, and a swedish doesnt speak, with a blue and yellow tiger as a symbol) which only really meant to not discuss anything that might be interesting to the Germans.

Sweden didnt go to war, so there was very little call to arms.
[image loading]

Translation:

Finlands cause is ours!

For a greater struggle, join the volounteercorps.
[image loading]
Biochemist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1008 Posts
July 12 2010 21:04 GMT
#19
Very interesting! I guess I was confusing things with the Finnish; I thought you guys had mandatory conscription during the war too.
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-12 23:25:42
July 12 2010 23:24 GMT
#20
On July 13 2010 06:04 Biochemist wrote:
Very interesting! I guess I was confusing things with the Finnish; I thought you guys had mandatory conscription during the war too.


Nope, Sweden and Switzerland remained neutral throughout the war. Sweden allowed passage for the Germans though, for passage out of recently invaded Norway and into Finland, who joined the axis to counter the Soviet aggression.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
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