This poster represents several important themes of U.S. propagandists: (1) the physical portrayal of the enemy as yellow-skinned, short, bespectacled, bucktoothed and with large fangs and claw-like fingernails was at the same time ridiculous and menacing (2) the swastika patch on the uniform displays the common belief that the Japanese were puppets of the Nazis incapable intellectually of managing warfare with the U.S. and (3) holding a dagger illustrating the reputed Japanese predilection for treachery (i.e. the "stab in the back").
