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Title: İtalya Olayları. Events in Italy. Turkish WW2 serio-comic map. Cemal Nadir 1944

Description: İtalya Olayları [The events in Italy]. A highly detailed early-1944 anti-Axis satirical cartoon by Cemal Nadir Güler, Turkey’s most influential political caricaturist of the Second World War, commenting on the collapse of Fascist Italy and the disintegration of German power in the Mediterranean. Germany is represented by a Wehrmacht soldier under assault from the Italian Church and a second figure, likely intended to represent the Italian partisans. The Allied armies advancing through Italy are represented by a Tommy shaking his fists at the German soldier; he has the figures 5 and 8 tattooed on his muscular arms, representing the US 5th and British 8th Armies fighting their way up the peninsula in 1944. In the background, Fascists hang from gallows, reflecting the wave of summary executions by partisans. An Italian soldier struggles to remove the crown from the head of the King, alluding to the cotemporary debate over abolishing the monarchy and the discrediting of Victor Emmanuel III. The “heel” and “toe” of Italy are tied to the mainland with bundles of Allied money, alluding to AMGOT’s financial stabilisation of liberated southern Italy. On the horizon, German forces are shown being swept out of Albania. A superb and symbolically dense wartime image capturing the violent unravelling of Axis power in the Mediterranean. by Nadir Güler, Cemal. Published 1944 - January 1944 [dated "944" on the map, being the usual Turkish notation for the year 1944, not 9/44 (August 1944). The text on the reverse side identifies the publication date as January 1944]. Coloured Turkish newspaper satirical map. Size 31 x 41 cm | 12.0 x 16.0 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. There is printing on the reverse side. Tags: 1944, Cumhuriyet, Italy, Map, Nadir Güler Cemal, Satirical maps, Turkish

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İtalya Olayları. Events in Italy. Turkish WW2 serio-comic map. Cemal Nadir 1944

Name: İtalya Olayları. Events in Italy. Turkish WW2 serio-comic map. Cemal Nadir 1944
SKU: 231815890
Price: 340 USD
Availability: InStock