WWII – WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Confiance… Ses Amputations Se Poursuivent Methodiquement. [Have Faith – The Systematic Amputations Are Continuing].

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Dimensions: 118.5 x 79 cm, lined, creases and small tears, otherwise in good condition, France, 1942.

Synopsis

RARE. Issued in occupied France by the Vichy government. Image shows Winston Churchill as an octopus, with the tentacles representing the intervention of British military in the Middle East and Africa. The cutting of these tentacles reflects the thwarting of British actions in Norway, Germany, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Mers el Kebir and Dakar by Axis forces.

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