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Humorous Military Cartoons

A collection of satirical illustrations depicting military themes, including humorous takes on aeroplanes, war efforts, and political commentary from the early 20th century.

Humorous illustration by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War, depicting a rather hefty lady preventing an aeroplane from taking off. circa 1916
Humorous illustration by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War, depicting a rather hefty lady preventing an aeroplane from taking off. circa 1916
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Infantry im neighborhoodMeissen. Infantry in the neighborhood
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Camp snapshots , Military personnel, Bugles, Musicians, Laundry, Correspondence, Clotheslines, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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A soldier far from home thinks of his wife and daughter waiting for him. Date: circa 1915
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Camp snapshots , Military personnel, Bugles, Musicians, Laundry, Correspondence, Clotheslines, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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An advertisement for Harley- Davidson, showing a soldier taking his lady friend for a ride. Date: 1915
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War Games - Re-enacting World War II
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Camp snapshots , Military personnel, Sleeping, Dishwashing, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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The navy certainly is in pretty good shape! , Military personnel, Dogs, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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DF-SC-88-02335. Country: Unknown
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Frontpage Folder Federal Army Tentara Federal. Poster "Lindungilah. Hasil-Hasil. PENDHIDUPANMU" Protection. results in livelihood. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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DF-SC-89-11496. Country: Unknown
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Novel Christmas card sent to Miss F.A. Harnett, of Sydney, from Major and Mrs. Sammut, of Malta. Major Eammut is an artillery officer at Malta. January 21, 1943.
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A French journal provides an illustrated guide to the American allies, and their friends. Date: 1918
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'THE SPACE MARINES AND THE SLAVERS' (Bob Olsen) Captain Brink watches on his teleview slaver Zurek's last stand, vainly wielding his electrolysis guns. Date: 1936
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Italy, 1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy
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On scouting duty - I spy a lot of interesting things , Airplanes, Military air pilots, Voyeurism, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Black and white image of a man sitting on a chair surrounded by guns and grenades. On his hat says F. Abbas. HE's reading a paper saying "Fidel Castro Lenin Peace Prize".
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The Korean War (25 June 1950 - armistice signed 27 July 1953) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean peninsula was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th Parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part. The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides, and the North established a Communist government. The situation escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950. It
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That's My Ship!. Country: Canada Artist: W. A. Winter Contributor: Shipbuilding Branch, Department of Munitions and Supply; Director of Public Information. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters
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'Deccas, more Deccas, still more Deccas'. That's the cry of the men at the front of the men of our mighty fleets, and of the convalescent from both sevices. They want music - whenever they go. 1916
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Camp snapshots. The guy that's always the last to line-up for reveille - is always the first to line up for chow! , Military personnel, Tents, Mess halls, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Second Balkan War 1913. Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount Grey of Fallodon) British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916 warning Turkey (Ottomans) they must leave Adrianople which they reoccupied after breaking the Treaty of London of 30 May ending Second Balkan War.
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Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features a cartoon Adolf Hitler with his pants down, showing his boxer shorts covered in swastikas. It declares - Let's catch him with his panzers down! We will, If we keep 'em firing!
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Military Motors Series, 1916: British Armoured Tricycle.
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Cartoon for US Air Corps. ca. 1942, PURSUIT FLYERS
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The Korean War (25 June 1950 - armistice signed 27 July 1953) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean peninsula was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th Parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part. The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides, and the North established a Communist government. The situation escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950. It
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Air Raid Precautions': Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. Transferring incendiary bomb to Redhill container, strong enough to hold burning magnesium bomb .
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An Enemy in Your Midst - The Scrounger. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters
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Verdun - Soldiers marching beside a river and over a bridge into a shelled Verdun. The battle of Verdun in 1916 was the longest and costliest battle - in terms of lives - of World War I.
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Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, `Abdül-Ḥamīd-i snî; Turkish: İkinci Abdülhamit; 22 September 1842 - 10 February 1918) was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last Sultan to exert effective autocratic control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, including widespread pogroms and government massacres against the minorities of the Empire (named the Hamidian massacres after him) as well as an assassination attempt, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed shortly after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution, on 27 April 1909. He was succeeded by his brother Mehmed V. Despite his conservatism and belief in absolute monarchy, Abdul Hamid was responsible for some modest modernization of the Ottoman Empire during his long reign, including reform of the bureaucracy, the ambitious Hijaz Railway project, the establishment of a system for population registration and control over the press, and the founding of t
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Caricature image of military from the Air Force, 1930s Caricature image of military from the Air Force, 1930s. Marked 'VR'. Fortographed.The drawing.
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DF-SC-89-11501. Country: Unknown
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Private Tinker, by John Strange Winter. , Soldiers, Firearms, Indigenous peoples, Books
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Private Tinker, by John Strange Winter. , Soldiers, Firearms, Indigenous peoples, Books
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Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire. It is claimed that news could be transmitted 525 km in a night. Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph
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The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations
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Separate the Steel Scrap Gremlins. Contributor: Iron and Steel Control. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters
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World War Two: Patriotic Russian war postcard depicting the army navy air force and red guards
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Indoor activities , Military personnel, Eating & drinking, Games, Shoe shining, Writing, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Artwork: "Mars Call Home, Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam," AFCS Artist: Wm. Landis. Country: Unknown
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031021-F-9429S-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
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Major Barbara, Snell, Carroll C.