RARE WW 2 British Cartoon WASHINGTON TRIDENT CONFERENCE Churchill ATOMIC BOMB

Description: THE FATES DECIDE.+ Hitler looks downcast at the Eagle's Nest of his Berchtesgaden Mountain retreat as the silhouettes of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin decide the future of Europe in a large crystal ball)+ The Washington Conference Code-named Trident, May 12-25, 1943.+ “At the Trident Conference in Washington, Churchill and Roosevelt discussed progress on the atomic bomb. In Berchtesgaden, Hitler looks down from his Berchtesgaden Mountain retreat at the images of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. The Globe-shaped crystal ball suggests his fate.” {from “Churchill in Punch” by Gary L. Stiles].+ The Trident Conference, held in Washington, D.C. from May 12–25, 1943, was a World War II meeting where Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt debated the atomic bomb project and other military matters: Atomic bomb project+ Churchill was concerned about German progress on atomic research and the disruption of British research by German bombings. The two leaders agreed to share information unrestrictedly, but the agreement was not written down. The two leaders focused on cooperation over the atomic bomb project, also known as TUBE ALLOYS.+ Other topics discussed at the conference included: The Allied invasion of Sicily, the cross-Channel invasion of France, increasing air attacks on Axis targets, Recapturing Burma from Japanese forces, and reopening the supply lines to China. + The Trident Conference was considered a major victory for coalition warfare, and helped make the unconditional surrender of the Axis more realistic. SOURCE: This is an original cartoon from British Punch humor/satire magazine, drawn by E. H. Shepard, and published May 19, 1943, pulled from the magazine, original not a modern reproduction. Full size: 8 x 10 1/2 inches, including borders. Pictured image is slightly cropped. Condition --excellent: paper toning, clean, printed on low-grade war-time paper, the page has been humidified and flattened for best appearance and for framing; the backside has unrelated text with some show-through on the facing side, please look closely.________________________________________________________________WHO IS THE ARTIST? Ernest Howard Shepard (1879 -1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh. He was also a prolific contributor to British Punch magazine beginning around 1906, and became head cartoonist in 1945. WHAT IS PUNCH? Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation. In its formative years Punch combined humors, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

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