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Reference Number | BT0136 |
Alt Ref No | BT0136 |
Artist or Creator | Bert Thomas |
Title or Caption | "Come on in - it's fine!" |
Extent | 1 item |
Published by | Evening Standard |
Date | 31 Oct 1939 |
Format | Artwork |
Size | 29 x 34cm |
Technique | black ink/black crayon |
Embedded text or transcript | Mud and Blood |
Notes | Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia are represented commonly in cartoons of the period as an uncivilised ape and a bear, respectively. Here we see Germany inviting Russia to participate in the war unleashed on 1 September 1939 when Nazi forces invaded Poland. Although Stalin had annexed part of Poland during this conflict, in accordance with the secret protocols of the Nazi-Soviet pact, this was principally to secure a buffer zone on Russia's western border. Stalin was unprepared for war in 1939 and his rapprochment towards Hitler was self-preservation, rather than an indication of a desire for conflict. |
Subjects | Germany |
Nazi-Soviet Pact |
Nazism |
Russia |
Russian bear |
World War 1939-1945 |
bears |
expansionism |
gorillas |
Copyright holder | Associated Newspapers Ltd. / Solo Syndication |
Copyright contact details | Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT solo@solosyndication.com |
Genre | symbols |
Location of artwork | British Cartoon Archive |
Relates to cartoon | BT0136 |