Annihilate These Demons

Annihilate These Demons (stylized in all caps) is a political poster illustrated by Quamrul Hassan. Created during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the poster features a caricature of Yahya Khan, the then-president of Pakistan. Depicting him as a monstrous beast, the image became one of the most influential artistic representations of the war and a symbol of the brutality of the Pakistan Army.

In 1970, Hassan spotted Khan in Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). Khan's facial features served as the basis for sketches he drew during the non-cooperation movement in March 1971. The poster, which came to symbolize the oppressive Pakistani regime, was first published in May 1971 in The Jai Bangla newspaper during Bangladesh Liberation War. It was later distributed across liberated zones, refugee camps, and among the Mukti Bahini. Using only two colors, two versions of the poster were distributed in both Bengali and English.