Arthur Maxted, 72, from Kent, inherited the collection from his grandfather who printed the posters during the war He stored them in his attic for 30 years and forgot all about them until he ...

What the public thought about the war really mattered. The government needed to recruit lots of soldiers and wanted people to support them. Posters were printed that made the army look exciting.

A poster portraying the “Second Patriotic War” as World War I was known in Russia ... Soviets as an “imperialist” battle. Around 1.7 million soldiers fighting for the Russian Empire ...

tracing the themes to the James Montgomery Flagg World War I-era “I want YOU” poster hanging on the walls at most recruiting stations. And while “Army of One” implies individualism ...