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United States propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst society. A German soldier is depicted holding a toy plane and a Japanese soldier with a toy truck encroach on an American ammunitions factory worker. Although both soldiers appear menacing, the Japanese soldier is caricatured as dim-witted by emphasising stereotypes of glasses and buck teeth; this is commonly used amongst American and Australian propaganda posters. This poster was used to instil fear of the invading Japanese and German fronts.

Herbert Morton Stoops (1888 - 1948) was a formally trained and professional American illustrator. He was a well-known newspaper and literary magazine illustrator. He enlisted in the First World War, whilst serving in France he sent drawings from his sketchbook back to America. In 1924 a compilation of his wartime sketches, 'Inked Memories of 1918,' was published. During World War II he created several propaganda posters for the US Office of War Information.