Cavan+WWII

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__ Political Cartoons __ The first political cartoon is a picture of Adolf Hitler’s Taxidermy service. The heads of the animals on the wall represents all of the different countries that Hitler and the Germans have already taken over. Early in World War II, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with Russia saying that they were not going to attack each other, but they were not going to help each other in throughout the war at all. Later in World War II, Hitler decided to attack Russia because the opportunity was there, and he wanted the natural resources that came along with it. However, during the battle of Stalingrad Russia decided that they had enough of Hitler and his army, so they fought back and surrounded the German army. The big cat in the cartoon represents the powerful strength that Russia used in the battle of Stalingrad to defeat Hitler and his army. Hitler is very small compared to the cat because as the war in Europe progressed, the German army became weaker and weaker as they were pushed farther and farther back to Berlin, the capital of Germany. Also, Italy is up on the wall of animals too because even though Italy first sided with the Axis Powers, they decided a little into World War II that they wanted peace. Germany did not want them to surrender, they wanted Italy to keep fighting the Allies with them. Overall, this cartoon just shows that not all of the countries in Europe backed down from Germany’s tremendous powers. The second cartoon is a picture of a German u-boat sinking. The cartoon says that when people buy war bonds and stamps, they will feel like they are helping the war effort buy giving money to the military. The big “GLUG” at the top of the cartoon is to emphasize the accomplishment of sinking a German u-boat. The first German U-boat was invented in 1905 and Germany was the first country to employ submarines in war. During World War II, the German U-boats dominated the Battle of the Atlantic because they could blockade American ships that were carrying goods. They would also sink the ships carrying goods to help the Allies at war. As war went on, the British developed technical defenses like Radar. The cartoon wants people to send more money because if the military can gain more money they can devote more money to the developing of better tactics to fight German U-boats and other enemy tactics. When people would give money for the war, they would get a strong American feeling because they were helping their country with the war effort. Also, the cartoon is somewhat directed to children because they would have fun collecting stamps. After they collected so many stamps, they could turn in their stamps for a war bond. Victory gardens and saving gas were to other tactics used by Americans to help conserve money and product throughout the war because there was a shortage of gas and people did not want to buy food from the store that could be sent to the war for the boys. Overall, this political cartoon says that with the donation of your money, you will feel as if you are in the army sinking U-boats because you know that the money you donated will go towards the war effort. Works Cited "» Blog Archive » Dr Seuss Goes War!" //Talking Squid//. Web. 11 May 2010. . "U-boat." __Britannica Concise Encyclopedia__. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1994-2010. //Answers.com// 11 May. 2010. []