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Plus de 1 000 000 de Tonnes de l'Axe Coulées dans la Mer du Nord et dans la Manche (More Than 1,000,000 Tons of Axis Shipping Sunk in the North Sea and the Channel)
- Title:
- Plus de 1 000 000 de Tonnes de l'Axe Coulées dans la Mer du Nord et dans la Manche (More Than 1,000,000 Tons of Axis Shipping Sunk in the North Sea and the Channel)
- Alternate Title:
- 1,000,000 Tons of Axis Shipping Sunk
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Blake, Donald
- Date:
- 1943
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1316.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1316_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Materials/Techniques:
- color printing
- Subject:
- World War II
- Measurement:
- 76 x 50 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- As the war went into its fourth year with no allied invasion of Europe, there was a concerted effort to reassure not only the citizens of Britain, but those under Nazi rule. This poster, one in a series by the Scottish artist Donald Blake, was part of that effort. It was printed not only in French but Dutch, Spanish, Greek and Arabic. (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/36693, accessed January 9, 2015). This poster bears a striking resemblance to a German poster from World War I mapping the sinking of Allied shipping in the same area (see ID #1202 "Englands Not"). A similar poster shows the tons of Axis shipping sunk in the Mediterranean, also in five languages. (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/36698, accessed January 9, 2015.)
For another Blake poster in the same series, see ID #1315 "La Grande-Bretagne - Fer de Lance de L'Attaque".
This copy is stamped on the verso: "Printed in England" and "24 Je '43".
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
