A Different Kind of Punch?

The first propaganda poster I saw immediately struck me as different than ones we have seen previously from WWI. It said "Keep punching... every day!" with a picture of a burly man hitting a man that looks suspiciously like Hitler and a man punching in at a time slot for his job. This WWII poster is much more outright violent than the ones I saw from the earlier time period. It actually shows physical harm towards the enemy, when before it was much more focused on the American troops and what we needed help with. I think a partial reason for the shocking depiction of Hitler being punched is because America had just been through a horrifying, grand war. Violence could not be hidden from the public because soldiers had come home and had spread their terrifying war stories. Also I believe that there is violence shown because Americans really were upset about their opposition this time around. There was great dislike for Hitler and the Nazis late into the war and it made people angry. Whereas before, it seemed that America was just dragged in because it was a world power. This poster was supposed to lead people to think that if they punched in hours, it would be a direct hit towards Hitler and the Nazis and I would think it was effective.