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Coat tailing, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Published in the Daily Telegraph the day after D-Day; British aircraft and flotilla are on the move. 'Coat-tailing' may refer to the British following the lead of the United States.ART94326
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Crucified, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents the damage caused to European civilisation by the allied bombings, including the shadow cast by the allied aircraft.ART94331
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Cutting off
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts leader of the German Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, cutting the cord on the telephone representing the German/United States diplomatic li...ART95083
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Day and nightmare, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Refers to the 'night raids' on Germany by RAF bomber command, when German cities were being bombed around the clock. Goebbels, Goering and Hitler are cowering in the bunker.ART94327
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Double trouble
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This drawing, made to be published in a daily newspaper, depicts Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signing the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, otherwise known as the Pact of...ART95081
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Gad, they've been fighting all night!
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and leader of the USSR, Josef Stalin, engaged in a brawl outside as other men watch them through the window...ART95085
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Holding him, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
The 8th Army stopping Rommel at El Alamain in 1942 (represented by Rommel in handcuffs). Three major battles occurred around El Alamein between July and November 1942, and were the turning point of th...ART94321
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Inhuman, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents Hitler's hateful war machine.ART94332
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Kick him where it hurts, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
As well as fighting the USSR, Hitler is also making a grab for Egypt; making the Middle East Germany's second front. The cartoon suggests that Germany is over expanding and exposing themselves.ART94322
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Matter of time bomb
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts a bomb sitting on a map of Australia, connected by a long fuse to Europe. It comments on the conscription debate that was occurring ...ART95082
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No fish story, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Represents the intimidation of Germany by the full front offensive put up by the Russian army. Characterises the armies through their leaders, Hitler and Stalin.ART94320
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Not titled [painting of a handmade ashtray]
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Maker: Fort, Sidney James Fort, Sidney James Mahony, Will Fort, Sidney James
Handmade ashtray made from the base of a shell, a halved bullet case and a model aircraft. The ashtray is an example of trench art which were handicrafts made by soldiers. Sidney Fort enlisted with ...ART94395
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Pop! Boom!, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph', Sydney, 19 June 1943
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This cartoon was published in the 'Daily Telegraph' on 19 June 1943. It depicts a Japanese midget submarine firing a shell at part of a map-like outline marked 'Sydney'. Aimed at the submarine and han...ART90965
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The day of glory, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Image of 'Vichy France' executing 'revolutionary France' with the guillotine. Germany used civil division in France to its own advantage.ART94323
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The new disorder
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts General Tojo of the Imperial Japanese Army looking on while Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill engage in a brawl. In ...ART95086
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The two-headed eagle, drawing for cartoon in 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This image was produced early in the Second World War when both the Communist party and the Nazi party were strong in Germany, before the balance shifted to the Nazi party. The two headed bird represe...ART94324
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Time mine
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Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts a sea mine representing Japan, floating in the Pacific Ocean. Rays are visible behind the mine, so that the image is similar to the ...ART95084
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Watch out on the Rhine
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Maker: Mahony, Will
This cartoon comments on the airborne invasion of Holland and Operation Market Garden. In September 1944 the German occupation of Holland and Germany itself, represented in this cartoon by Hitler with...ART94325