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'France and the USSR participate in the victory' — French poster (1944) showing the Nazi eagle being strangled by the French and Soviet flags.
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Published by the France-USSR Association (text at the bottom reads 'Read France-URSS', referring to its magazine).
The association was a cultural organisation that worked to promote friendship between the two countries, publishing a number of posters like the above and below:
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'The Duce in the World' — Italian painting by Fortunato Depero, 1934.
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The painting shows a metallic Mussolini flanked by fasces, saluting hands, a gun barrel, and a book with a dagger. Flags (gagliardetti) fly above, with the glove and a plane in flight behind.
The date (Anno XIII) refers to the thirteenth year of the Fascist Era.
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Depero was a major Futurist artists of the time. He produced a number of Fascist designs, though most of his work was in advertising.
A 1925 tapestry designed by Depero titled simply 'Fascism':
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Depero drew these illustrations for a book of poems he published in 1943 titled 'A passo romano'
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'In 1917, the Winter Palace - In 1959, the moon' — Soviet illustration (1959) celebrating Soviet progress.
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Published in the 30 January 1959 issue of Krokodil magazine. Artist is named as Chinese illustrator 'Gu Pu', hence the Chinese in the banners, which read something like:
'The October Revolution … to the storming the cosmos'.
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Titled 'The Mongolian Octopus - His Grip on Australia' and drawn by Phillip May for The Bulletin.
The tentacles are labelled 'Cheap Labour', 'Pak Ah-Pu' (pakapoo, a Chinese gambling game), 'Immorality', 'Smallpox', 'Typhoid', 'Opium', 'Customs Robbery', 'Fan-Tan' (another game) and 'bribery'.
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Soviet cartoon of Mussolini published in Krokodil magazine, December 1922.
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The cartoon presumably refers to the 'Acerbo Law', named for Giacomo Acerbo (pictured here with Mussolini) who drafted the law which allowed the National Fascist Party to gain two-thirds of the seats in parliament by winning a majority. It wasn't actually passed until the following year, in November 1923.
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I've started a new account on Instagram dedicated to Krokodil caricatures, going through the entire archive to find the most interesting illustrations. Some great stuff, follow here if interested: instagram.com/krokodil.archi…
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'Today an athlete, tomorrow a warrior!' — Soviet poster, 1966. Artist: Igor Ovasapov.
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'To the British troops' — British poster from the Second World War (ca. 1942) warning soldiers to protect sensitive information from German intelligence.
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The poster shows a menacing German intelligence officer with text below reading:
I want to know where your unit is stationed – so that I can bomb you and drop parachute troops to machine-gun you. This information I will get from you and your friends – please continue to give your friends military details. I shall hear. Lieutenant-General Schultz, German intelligence.
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'Onwards to victory' — Irish Republican design from the Troubles (1984) issued by the Irish Republican Social Movement.
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The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was founded in 1974 as the armed wing of the IRSP. This was originally printed on the back of a calendar.
Thanks as always to @irda1981 for this one, great archive you should check out: republicanarchive.com
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