La Grande-Bretagne - Fer de Lance de L'Attaque (Britain - Spearhead of Attack)
- Title:
- La Grande-Bretagne - Fer de Lance de L'Attaque (Britain - Spearhead of Attack)
- Alternate Title:
- Britain - Spearhead of Attack
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Blake, F. Donald (Fredrich Donald), 1908-1997
- Date:
- 1943
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1315.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1315_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Materials/Techniques:
- color printing
- Subject:
- World War II
Pictorial - Measurement:
- 50 x 76 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- As the war went into its fourth year with no allied invasion of Europe, there was a concerted effort to reassure not only the citizens of Britain, but those under Nazi rule. This poster, one in a series by the Scottish artist Donald Blake, was part of that effort. It was printed not only in French and English, but Italian, Arabic and Persian. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/2545, accessed January 9, 2015. A wide variety of air and sea operations are shown, with large parts of Germany on fire from the bombing. "Night and Day the bombers of the R.A.F. strike deep into the enemy's war machine." Britain, in contrast, is peacefully producing arms of all kinds, along with sheep and cattle, as additional supplies arrive from the U.S. and Canada. The Royal Navy assures Britain "a ceaseless and gigantic flow of supplies which will give irresistible power to the Spearhead of Attack when the time comes to strike." See Curtis 2016, 176-79 (English-language version).
For another Blake map in the series, see ID #1316 "More Than 1,000,000 Tons of Axis Shipping Sunk".
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.