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100 1 _aWalker, Jack
245 1 1 _a"The Daily Graphic" special war cartoons, no. 1
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-01
508 _aBrian Coe, PrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Daily Graphic" special war cartoons, no. 1 by England) Daily graphic (London. This is a collection of satirical political cartoons produced in the early 20th century. The volume presents British wartime commentary and propaganda, focusing on World War I themes and the perceived threat of German militarism in Europe. The collection strings together striking images and punchy captions that lampoon Kaiser Wilhelm II, Austria-Hungary, and the German war machine while championing British resolve. Motifs recur: John Bull and the British Lion embody national grit; the “mad dog” and “road-hog of Europe” caricature German aggression; Dame Europa tends to a swollen-headed “William”; the shade of Napoleon warns against overreaching ambition; and the “scrap of paper” mocks treaty-breaking in Belgium. Naval anxiety and defiance surface in scenes about mines, the Heligoland Bight, and Tirpitz, while the “Russian steam-roller” signals Allied pressure from the east. Across these vignettes, the volume asserts that German conquest is a bubble to be pricked, that allies and smaller nations will turn against bullying, and that, in the end, steadfastness ensures that “he laughs longest who laughs last.” (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: H.R. Baines and Co. Ltd, 1915
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Caricatures and cartoons
700 1 _aDaily graphic
_q(London, England)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77594
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