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1943.07.12 “Return on a Bad Investment” by William (Bill) Crawford

Artist: Bill Crawford (All)

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Title:	1943.07.12 “Return on a Bad Investment” by William (Bill) Crawford
Artist:	Bill Crawford (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	316
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Added to Site:	8/31/2019
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“Return on a Bad Investment” (July 12, 1943)
William (Bill) Crawford (1913-1982)
19 x 22 in., ink and crayon on heavy paper

Crawford worked as a sports cartoonist and for the Washington Daily News and the Washington Post from 1936-38. He joined the Newark News as an editorial cartoonist and his cartoons were distributed to more than 700 daily newspapers by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. He was an active member of the National Cartoonists Society, serving as its president and vice-president. In 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1963 he was awarded "Best Editorial Cartoon" by the National Cartoonist Society, and in 1973 he received their Silver T-Square Award. Crawford retired in 1977.

Mussolini, the father of fascism, partnered with Hitler in 1936. Allied forces landed in Sicily starting on July 10, 1943 and moved northward. Support for the war and for Mussolini had dropped substantially, and he was ousted on July 25, 1943. On September 3, an armistice was reached between the new government of Italy and the Allies. Hitler was already in the north of Italy, and the Italian peninsula became a contested war zone.

On October 13, 1943, one month after Italy surrendered to the Allies, it declared war on its one-time Axis partner, Nazi Germany. “Operation Achse” was the German plan to support the remaining Italian fascists.

The notation on this says “hold for the invasion of Italy." The large American military bayonet stakes its spot, and the stab-in-the-back comes from Hitler’s movement to invade and take control.

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steve staszower
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/2/2019

Very cool!

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