war bonds
Conflict-financing securities
War bonds are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations during wartime.
Citizens purchase them as both an investment and a patriotic act, lending money to the war effort with the promise of repayment plus interest.
My grandfather still has war bonds from World War II.
The term evokes mid-twentieth-century campaigns urging civilians to support the troops through their savings.
Stored organizational funds
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- debtMoney owed another
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- maturityFull growth achieved
coupon · interest · savings · government · fixed-income · capital · liquidity · portfolio
Restoring nations after conflict
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- Treasury DepartmentFederal agency managing government finances
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
Giving up something precious
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- serviceAid or maintenance
duty · solidarity · citizenship · support · volunteerism · pride · homefront · civilians
Printed wall advertisements
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- newsreelsFilmed news for cinemas
advertising · recruitment · drives · campaigns · Hollywood · Norman Rockwell · Uncle Sam · patriotic imagery
treasury
Stored organizational funds
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- debtMoney owed another
- yieldProduce or relinquish
maturity · coupon · interest · savings · government · fixed-income · capital · liquidity · portfolio · creditworthiness
postwar reconstruction
Restoring nations after conflict
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- Treasury DepartmentFederal agency managing government finances
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- unityWholeness through cohesion
service · duty · solidarity · citizenship · support · volunteerism · pride · homefront · civilians · contribution
posters
Printed wall advertisements
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- ralliesGathers or recovers
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
newsreels · advertising · recruitment · drives · campaigns · Hollywood · Norman Rockwell · Uncle Sam · patriotic imagery · promotional
- WWII Homefrontvictory gardens, ration books, scrap drives, blackouts, home front
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- wartimerationing, evacuations, home front, air raids, mobilization
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- bondsdebentures, gilts, eurobonds, ask price, bid price
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
war bondswar profiteering
Exploiting conflict for gain
profiteering · divestment · junk bonds · hoarding · corporate bonds
war bondswar resistance
Opposition to armed conflict
conscientious objection · draft resistance · pacifism · peace activism · anti-war protest
war, bond, bonds, warrior, warfare, bonded, wars, bonding, warring