Description
The 1942 Buy War Bonds poster
“Attack Attack Attack – Buy War Bonds” is a 1942 U.S. Treasury Department poster painted by American artist Ferdinand Warren and printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Two infantrymen charge forward with fixed bayonets, a machine gunner covers them from the foreground, tanks roll off the beach and waves of bombers fill the sky. The message was simple: every war bond bought at home paid for the attack overseas.
It is one of the most dramatic war bond posters of the Second World War, and a striking piece of American home-front history for a study, office, den or game room.
Read the full history of the poster, the artist and how war bonds worked.
Restored edition
Restored from an archival scan of an original 1942 print. Fading, staining, creases and paper wear were repaired and the colours brought back, keeping Warren’s painting and the bold lettering true to the original. Drag the before and after slider below to compare.
Sizes and options
- Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
- Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang
Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.
More war bond posters
War bonds raised $185.7 billion from 85 million Americans during World War II. See how an earlier generation sold them in J.C. Leyendecker’s 1918 U.S.A. Bonds: Weapons for Liberty.













