Danielle+WWII

media type="custom" key="6103525" In this political cartoon there is a little bird pulling a big, sad looking rhino in a cage. The little bird is depicted as Uncle Sam because of the American flag hat. The rhino is depicted as Germany because it had the swastika symbol on it. The rhino looks sad because it just got beaten by America and Germany was this big powerful country. At this time Hitler was ruler of Germany, so that was why Germany was such a big threat because we traded with Britain and France and Germany already taken them down. So, with that they would take us down next. Then the saying at the top says, “CAGES COST MONEY! Buy more U.S. saving bonds and stamps!” (Seuss 1). With these bonds, the troops got a lot of supplies and this put Germany in that cage. This happened on May 8th, 1945 and this day was called VE Day for Victory in Europe. On this day Germany surrendered the war and that is why this day was called VE Day. Since the United States got Germany, they are now going on to Japan. This quote is saying that the United States needs more money for supplies to catch Germany. The savings bonds and stamps were a way for people at home to provide money to the government to give the troops for supplies. The bonds cost around $18, and usually adults bought them. Since children did not have enough to buy a bond, they bought stamps at 10 cents a piece. If children collected enough stamps they could have a bond of their own. Work Cited "English 11 Poets / Theordor Geisel." //English 11 Poets / FrontPage//. Web. 11 May 2010. [].     This cartoon consists of a really long cow, which stands for Germany because of the swastika. The counties on the cow are all the counties that Germany has control over. It also consists of a barn that has “Consolidated World Dairy…. A. Hitler, Prop,” on it. That is saying that all the countries that Germany has control over is there and Adolf Hitler is in charge of them. The milk man is basically the money maker for Germany because when the cows give them milk, the countries will give Germany money. The quote at the top of the cartoon, “The head eats…. The rest gets milked” (Seuss 2) says that Germany was the controller of them so they did whatever Germany told them to do. Germany wanted these countries because of their resources. Germany especially wanted oil and wheat. This happened at the Battle of Stalingrad when the only reason Germany wanted Stalingrad is because of their oil. Russia stopped Germany before they got there and cut off their supplies and communication. Also, with having control of these countries Germany was starting to become more of a threat to other countries. For example, the reason the United State went after Germany first in WWII, was because they had these countries and they caused a threat to us. Germany was a threat because they controlled who we traded with. Another reason why Germany had all the countries is so that they could have more power and more respect. With that, Germany will then become a world power and no one wanted that. Work Cited //Louise S. McGehee School - Modern World History C Overview//. Web. 12 May 2010. .