Japan: Advertising poster for Sakura Beer, 1938. By 1938, with the Second Sino-Japanese War well under way and World War II looming, military themes often pervade Japanese advertising. Here a warplane drops beer bottle tops in an advertisement for Sakura Beer - and for raising war funds.

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Size: 3300px × 5285px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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