During the Civil War, the Union and Confederate armies needed bodies to fill their ranks. The most popular recruitment strategy: offer cash to enlistees.

The Toronto Public Library released dozens of posters asking Canadians to do their part in the war effort, be it ramping up agricultural production, enlisting in the war or buying war bonds. The ...

Here are some interesting examples of military recruitment posters from World War I. England This poster was designed to bring a sense of shame to those who weren’t fighting.

A World War One recruitment poster written in Welsh is sold at a Conwy county auction for £440.

For Canadians who weren't serving overseas during the First World War, every day was a reminder they weren't on the front lines. Posters put out by the government could easily be found on ...

Jeremy Paxman looks at Lord Kitchener’s hugely successful recruitment campaign which resulted in hundreds of thousands of men enlisting in the first few months of the First World War.

World War I produced one of the most memorable images in American history: the U.S. Army recruiting poster that depicts a commanding Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer and urging young ...

This incredible collection of 20th-century armed forces campaign posters shows how far social attitudes have changed between the First World War and modern Army recruitment. In the wake of the ...

The two stamps feature recruitment posters issued by the Central Council for the Organisation of Recruiting in Ireland that aimed to encourage Irish men to join the British war effort in Europe.

Did Stanley Kubrick ever see that poster? Either way, it's a hell of an image to persuade someone to risk his life in the fight against unrestricted submarine warfare!

The expression “loose lips sink ships,” has become part of the American popular lexicon, almost as common as other expressions such as “going cold Turkey,” or “pitching in.” Despite ...