Can you fight? The empire needs every fit man. If the Germans win, no home on British soil will be safe. Wives, daughters, mothers will be at the mercy of the barbarian. Enlist now – Historic Reproduction
![Can you fight? The empire needs every fit man. If the Germans win, no home on British soil will be safe. Wives, daughters, mothers will be at the mercy of the barbarian. Enlist now, [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/91/91df10b29027-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Can you fight? The empire needs every fit man. If the Germans win, no home on British soil will be safe. Wives, daughters, mothers will be at the mercy of the barbarian. Enlist now, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Can you fight? The empire needs every fit man. If the Germans win, no home on British soil will be safe. Wives, daughters, mothers will be at the mercy of the barbarian. Enlist now
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Without any picture to lean on, this poster puts a blunt question, "Can you fight?", above a warning about what a German victory would mean for British homes. Printed in 1915, when Britain still relied on voluntary enlistment, it turns the empire's need for men into a personal threat against wives, daughters and mothers. Its description of the enemy as a "barbarian" reflects the wartime propaganda that portrayed Germany as a savage foe, a theme many recruiting posters of the period used to press men toward the recruiting office.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 98 x 64 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,061 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1281_Can_you_fight_The_empir_1915 |
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