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This propaganda poster depicts an arm wielding a sword to cut off the head of a German soldier represented in the shape of a swastika.  Larger image
Artist unknown, propaganda poster, 1941-1942

This highly dramatic poster took the third line of the national anthem "O Canada," to hit the patriotic nerve of French Canadians. There is no English version of it.

Canadian War Museum / 19920166-169