USA
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The Squeeze (American map, 1944)
Text: The Squeeze. Year: 1944 Publisher: Time magazine Artist: Robert M. Chapin. Additional information: Illustration showing the Japanese Empire being squeezed by a giant vise. One arm is labelled “Stilwell” in reference to General Joseph Stilwell, commander of the American forces in the China Burma India theatre, while the lower is labelled “MacArthur” and “Nimitz”…
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A Voice from the Past (American illustration, 1905)
Text: A Voice from the Past. Shade of Louis. — Warily, Brother. Year: 1905 (8 February). Publisher: Puck. Artist: Frank A. Nankivell. Additional information: Published at the start of the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the illustration shows the ghost of Louis XVI pointing to ‘La Guillotine’ and warning Tsar Nicholas II to heed the pleas…
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Design for defense (American cartoon, 1949)
Text: Design for defense. Year: 1949 (01 August). Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: Robert M. Chapin. Additional information: The flag planted in France reads ‘Uni-Force’, referring to the multinational military organisation formed in 1948 after the signing of the Brussels Treat.
