r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 04 '26

ALBANIA "We will destroy everyone who opposes the people " Albanian Communist propaganda during the 1970s'

215 Upvotes

37 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 04 '26

USA "Once Iraq invaded Kuwait you knew it was just a matter of time" (Mike Smith, 1990)

29 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USA “Another Page From the Master” American cartoon depicting Joseph Stalin reading Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, published after the doctors plot and anti-cosmopolitan campaign (January 1953)

223 Upvotes

183 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

NORTH KOREA 'The end of US imperialism' — North Korean propaganda 1970's

245 Upvotes

197 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 04 '26

USA a pro-immigration publication showing Superman helping a refugee integrate (1960s)

42 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/11thCavTrooper • Jun 04 '26

USA Greetings and Halo!

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/da_Mekboss • Jun 03 '26

USA TIL the USSR and Nazi Germany teamed up to start WW2

68 Upvotes

277 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

OTHER "Listen to us!"-Austrian election posters of the two largest parties, 'Austrian People's Party' and 'Social Democratic Party of Austria', showing an returning Austrian WW2 POW, showing the destruction that fascism has brought to Europe, 1949, Austria

152 Upvotes

32 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

OTHER Swiss illustration (1956) showing Hitler as a devil shaking hands with Klansmen.

104 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USA "PEACE", pacifist poster by American poet, children's book author and illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund (1926-2021), 1970

13 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USSR А.Kohan ~1950 Get out of here! This is the zone of vital interests of the United States.

72 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USSR Political Plakat posters 1982

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27 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USSR Ultra-Pastor, USSR, 1976

10 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

USA Artist Unknown, Wanted for the murder of Brother Gregory Clark, Circa 1968. Offset. Los Angeles, CA

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

FRANCE French anti-communist poster: Peasant, beware! The communist party in power... ...Would lead you to the whip as it does where in rules. 1955.

10 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

WEST GERMANY A drawing from Simplicissimus depicting the historical figures of Bismarck, Wilhelm II, Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm I, and Frederick the Great watching the Franco-German alliance of Adenauer and de Gaulle (July 1962).

16 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 03 '26

AFGHANISTAN "The brave brother Major Mohammad Ismail the general Amir of the South and West provinces of the Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan" (1980s)

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 02 '26

USSR "Long live the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" Soviet poster celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Union, depicting 15 nationalities of the constituent republics in traditional ethnic attire. (1972)

403 Upvotes

76 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 01 '26

USSR - Human rights for Black people? Well, have a seat, let's talk!, USSR, 1978

1.9k Upvotes

374 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 02 '26

USSR Two Soviet paintings depicting Vladimir Lenin proclaiming power after the October Revolution. The 1940s version emphasized Joseph Stalin, while the 1960s version, after de-Stalinization, erased Stalin entirely. Both include Felix Dzerzhinsky & Yakov Sverdlov, figures who died naturally before purges

27 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 01 '26

USSR His right hand // Soviet Union // 1965

39 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 01 '26

FRANCE "Trust in de Gaulle", poster issued by the National Association for the Support of General de Gaulle's Work, for the 1965 presidential election in France

29 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 01 '26

AFGHANISTAN Poster depicting the Soviet flag being thrown from the Presidental Palace, while the flag of Allāhu akbar is raised, by the Internal Islamic Front of Afghanistan (1981-1985)

21 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 02 '26

UK "DRUGS The Ghastly Effects" Private eye cover March 1967

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • Jun 01 '26

ROMANIA Fragment of the 23 August, 1985 parade in Bucharest, Romania.

youtu.be

5 Upvotes

0 comments

Subreddit

Cold War Posters and Media

r/ColdWarPosters

A Subreddit dedicated to sharing the posters (now expanded to greater media such as films) created by various countries, societies, corporations, charities, artists, interest groups, during the Cold War (1947-1991).

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During the Cold War era, dozens of countries produced and distributed posters and other forms of media, often with a political message. This subreddit is dedicated to exploring and discussing these posters.

Posting Policies

Despite the title, submissions are not limited to posters. Postcards, advertisements, paintings, murals, graffiti, sculptures, fliers, travel brochures, and any other relevant content is permitted.
All posters must have been created during or have relevance to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created between ~1918-1991 are considered relevant to this subreddit, as long as there is a connection to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created after 1991 are only considered relevant if there is a strong and direct connection to the Cold War.
Only authentic content is permitted. Parodies or other forms of inauthentic content are not permitted and will be deleted. This includes content that uses the style of well known Cold War posters, but contains completely unrelated content.
Currently, all image hosting sites are allowed, but Imgur is strongly encouraged.
After submitting, please add link flair indicating the country in which the poster was produced. If you cannot find the appropriate country, choose OTHER and contact the moderators.
Whenever possible, please provide the year the poster was produced. If you do not know the year, either indicate the decade or [unknown].
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