I bought this "Jugoslav Guerrillas - The Second Front in Europe" poster not knowing much about it. The few other sales/auction listings and results I found didn't have much additional information beyond what is self-evident from the poster itself, i.e. it is a WWII propaganda poster in support of Yugoslav guerrillas.
But I had some questions:
Who distributed it? Where was it distributed? Why use artwork by a Mexican artist?
Then some Googling led me to this US government document which mentions the poster:
https://www.fara.gov/reports/Archive/1942-1944_FARA.pdfIt is a report from the Department of Justice to Congress on the Administration of the Foreign Agents Act of 1938. The document is a fascinating read in its own right.
It covers the activities of foreign agents (mostly from Allied countries) in the US from 1942-1944. My poster is mentioned on page 526. It was produced by the Yugoslav government-in-exile and distributed in the US.
If you are interested in WWII-era propaganda I highly recommend skimming to see if you find anything interesting.
I have also seen the same image from the poster as a standalone linocut art print. I am still curious if it was commissioned specifically for the poster and then produced as an art print or if the art print came first and it was repurposed for the poster. It's kind of a shame that the text obscures the image on the poster. Then again, I do like how "in your face" the bloody red text is. It's nice to have some color injected compared to the usual black-and-white linocut prints.