Destroy This Mad Brute (1917 poster)

American First World War recruiting poster for the U.S. Army by Harry Ryle Hopps, made around 1917. It shows a huge ape wearing a German spiked helmet labeled "Militarism," carrying off a half-dressed woman representing America and holding a bloodied club labeled "Kultur," under the words "Destroy this mad brute" and "Enlist." It is a widely cited example of atrocity propaganda that portrays the enemy as a beast.

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