World War I Caricatures

Satirical illustrations from WWI depicting military leaders, humorously portraying the absurdities of war and leadership dynamics.

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features a smiling American soldier waving from the porthole of a troop ship. It declares - Till We Meet Again, Buy War Bonds.

Delire des Grandeurs, WW1 caricature by illustrator Picarol showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II riding mechanical war horse from Verdun to Paris

Mi Libro. Consignas y diario para los soldados del ejército nacional. Guerra civil española (1936-1939).

WW1 caricature by artist Carlin showing Prussian Crown Prince, Kronprinz Wilhelm von Preussen and Kaiser Wilhelm II destroying German toy soldiers

Sapajou was the artistic nom de plume of Georgii Avksentievich Sapojnikoff, one-time Lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army. He was a graduate of the Aleksandrovskoe Military School in Moscow, and saw action in World War I, in which he was gravely wounded. As a result of his wounds, which left him with a pronounced limp for the rest of his life, he was invalided out of the army, and it was at this time that he began to take an interest in the visual arts, enrolling in evening classes at the Academy of Arts. The year 1920 found him, like so many of his compatriots, a refugee in Shanghai. From 1925 onwards, Sapajou was on the staff of the North-China Daily News, probably the most important and prestigious English language newspaper in the Far East, and one that was considered the mouthpiece of the largely British establishment of the International Settlement in Shanghai. Through his daily cartoons published over an almost unbroken period of some fifteen years, Sapajou became well known

British artillery in France during the battle for France 1940

Kukryniksy (Art Group) (20th century) Russian State Library, Moscow 1945 Screenprinting Soviet political agitation art Russia History,Poster and Graphic design Poster

'Cheez! Panama, Hawaii, Philippines, boy! Can I take it' , Military personnel, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Un soldado en un momento de descando en una trinchera. Ilustración publicada en la Revista del Hogar, editada en Valencia, septiembre de 1936-. Author: HELIOS GÓMEZ RODRÍGUEZ.

Vintage French War Post Banking Bond Poster illustration: Crédit Lyonnais WWI Liberte Poster, War Loan Poster - French World War One Propaganda - 1917

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features a smiling American soldier waving from the porthole of a troop ship. It declares - Till We Meet Again, Buy War Bonds.

Graphite drawing depicting two privates - John Minihan of Rockford, Illinois and Sal de George of Manhattan - operating a machine gun during the Battle of Guadalcanal, World War Two. By Howard Brodie (1915-2010) Dated 1942

Cartoon - The Last Foxhole. John Collins (1917-2007)

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Zepelines adaptados para el lanzamiento de granadas. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

Cartoon - "To You From Failing Hands We Throw the Torch; Be Yours to Hold It High." John McCrae. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - In the Army Now !. John Collins (1917-2007)

Portrait of Armand de Chateaubriand (1768-1809) a French military and royalist agent. Dated 19th Century

Cowboy holding a handgun

Spain. Civil War. 'ÁNo Pasarn! Julio 1936. Julio 1937 ÁPasaremos!' (The Shall Not Pass! July 1936. We Shall Pass. July 1937). Poster of the nationalist side. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Cartoon - The Battle of the Bulge John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon, His final costume, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in civilian clothing rather than military uniform -- a black suit and top hat. He carries a lifebelt labelled Germania in his right hand. Date: 1916

French World War I postcard titled 'The Right Precedes the Force', 1914-1918. By an unknown artist.

Air Raid Precautions: Set of 50 cards issued by WD & H0 Wills, Britain 1938, in preparation for the anticipated coming of World War II. The Civilian Respirator (gasmask) which was supplied free to all members of the British public. How to put on and adjust the respirator.

It's all they had left, sir! , Military personnel, Military uniforms, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War Two poster features an American POW standing behind a barbwire fence and being guarded by a German soldier. It declares - Loose Talk Can Cause This.

General De Lattre De Tassigny Commandant en chief of forces ***** (Tene). March 6, 1951.

Eritrean soldiers fighting for Italy in the conquest of Ethiopia 1936

Cadet Rousselle. Cadet Rouselle. An ugly man, in military uniform with broken shoes and umbrella, walk with three dogs. In the background three cats, five dancing mice and a town. Around the image text in French. Numbered at the top right: No. 70bis.

'There are times when Private Lightfoot feels absolutely convinced that it's going to be a War of Exhaustion' A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Christmas Number, 1916 Date: 1916

Cartoon - The Bombardment Opens Rostap (1866-1949)

Soldier with the AK-47, Chinese Communist Propaganda

Salute the Soldier. Country: England Printed By: Wm. Brown & Co., Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office; National Savings Committee; Scottish Savings Committee; Ulster Savings Committee. 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

Batalla de las Navas de Tolosa, Sancho el Fuerte contra los musulmanes. Dibujo de Joan Junceda publicado en el libro de lectura escolar Santa Tierra de España, editado en Barcelona en 1942. JOAN GARCÍA JUNCEDA SUPERVIA.

Gremlins tease the crew of an American 'Flying Fortress' bomber Date: 1943

World War Two French, French youth propaganda poster

German Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) with his answer to British naval strength. He promoted unrestricted submarine warfare. William Allen Rogers (1854-1931) American artist. World War I 1914-1918. Naval

Though some of the gold and silver sunk off Brest with this P&O liner has been recovered by divers, others continue to search believing there is more to be recovered. Date: 1932

Artwork: "Charge of the Seabees, Guam" Artist: Louis J. Kaep, #30. Courtesy U.S. Navy Combat Art Center. Country: Unknown

Olaf Gulbransson, Simplicissimus, November 1913. The Zabern Affair: The Alsatian Bogeyman (1913) . Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine in 1871; this followed the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. The administration of the province was difficult, since the local population resented being incorporated into Germany. The conflict between civilians and Prussian military authorities culminated in the so-called Zabern Affair of 1913, which occurred in the Alsatian town of the same name. It began when a Prussian lieutenant used the derogatory term Wackes to refer to an Alsatian recruit. The story appeared in the French and German press, and the lieutenant faced threats and heckling from the local population, who believed that he had insulted Alsatians in general. The army responded by imprisoning local citizens. The cartoon shows small, powerless Alsatian citizens and a larger-than-life Prussian officer, who scoops up frightened villagers.

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

Taking VD home too, sailor circa 1945.

German militarism in the Wilhelmine era. Cartoon from 'Simplicissimus', 1910. The officer is saying that in two years the raw material lined up for inspection will be knocked it shape and made strong.

So long! , Military personnel, Farewells, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

De Kapitein-Luitenant Ter Zee Takeo Hirose, Kobayashi KIYOCHIKA, 1904 print Captain Lieutenant at Sea Takeo Hirose, with left hand his sword, on the exploding ship the Fukuimaru. paper color woodcut / polishing war

Jose Buenaventura Durruti Dumange (14 July 1896 20 November 1936) was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the period leading up to and including the Spanish Civil War. Anarchism has historically gained more support and influence in Spain than anywhere else, especially before Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. There were several variants of anarchism in Spain: expropriative anarchism in the period leading up to the conflict, the peasant anarchism in the countryside of Andalusia; urban anarcho-syndicalism in Catalonia, particularly its capital Barcelona.

ASSAULT-AT-ARMS AT THE ALBERT HALL IN AID OF THE AFGHAN WAR RELIEF FUND, UK, 1881

Massachusetts, 1953 , Explosions, Drawings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Defense for country, tobacco for society' (South Kyoto Tobacco Sellers' Union), 1937 advertisement. Militarism, albeit in stylised form, as two naval automata exhange a light beneath three warplanes. The silhouette of a naval warship is in the background.

Food Industry's War Savings Stamp Drive . 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

World War Two, British Propaganda Poster; calling for women to join the Women's Land Army 1940

Circa 1915-1918 -- You are wanted by the U.S. Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station, by K.M. Bara.

Le Chemin de la Passion, WW1 caricature showing German Prussian Crown Prince, Kronprinz Wilhelm von Preussen and Kaiser Wilhelm II walking towards the Verdun battlefield

DANIEL BOONE American pioneer

Picture Post Card, Sikko van der Woude, 1945 One of eight 'funny' postcards, drawings in color of traditional Dutch and (most Scottish) soldiers put into traditional costumes. Note: Eight postcards in envelope with text in red and blue in red-white-blue frame. Netherlands paper printing Netherlands

Broom sweeping up workers

A Falangist, (Nationalist) officer, during the Spanish Civil War

Cartoon - Guided Missile. John Collins (1917-2007)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). 'ÁAvancemos!' (Let's advance!). Poster of the Socialist Party.

Talk of raining cats and dogs , Soldiers, Shoes, Daggers & swords. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Artwork: "Our Flying Nightingales in Vietnam" Artist: Tran Mawicke, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Boy tries on Father's Naval Officer Cap.

Cartoon - If We Bought... The Way They Fought And Why Shouldn't We . John Collins (1917-2007)

Illustration of a road and fortress battle in an Italian city, illustrations from the yearbooks of Genoa from the year 1194, woodcut, Italy, Europe

Cowboy aiming a rifle towards a man

A Singapore Mascot of the RAF, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Buy More War Bonds and Stamps, World War I

Oboy! Did I get even with that mug! , Military personnel, Chamber pots, Dictators, Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Say! You're pretty lucky buddy, lookit the clothes I got... , Military personnel, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Shod I thought you said have him shot! , Military personnel, Rifles, Horses, Dead animals, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Cartoon - The NATO Three Musketeers. John Collins (1917-2007)

German militarism in the Wilhelmine era: Social differences in the German military hierarchy. The Emperor takes his repast, officers dine, and ordinary soldiers eat. French cartoon, 1904

"Soldiers without Guns", Three Women who work for the War Effort: Office Worker, Welder and Factory Worker, War Poster, artwork by Adolph Treidler for U.S. Army, 1944

Cartoon - Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder. John Collins (1917-2007)

Woels War Two, cartoon (British) showing two men on the home front chatting, 1941.

SS propaganda Second World War poster. Dated 1943`

We'll blow the Jap off the map! , Military personnel, Artillery Weaponry, Globes, Emperors, Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Pen Portrait of a Fighting Coast Guardsman on the "Blinker". This image depicts Coast Guardsman Wilbur Thomas, drawn by Coast Guard Combat Artist John Floyd Morris.

Replacement coin for 5 cents, U.S.A., Army Air Force Exchange Services, Military base, 2006

030329-M-7262C-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

THE WORLD LIBERATOR Gallant Germany, single handed, fights to rid the world of the hideous British Imperial octopus Date: April 1917

We'll have to wait 'til those cavalry men get off! , Military personnel, Merry-go-rounds, Crying, Girls, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The bird for the job! , Military personnel, Eagles, Mountains, Emperors, Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features the troops of the British Empire marching under the Union Flag. It declares - Together.

Cartoon - Meeting of the German High Command. John Collins (1917-2007)

Artwork: "Women on the Home Front" Artist: Kathy Blackmun, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Cartoon - Changing Uniforms. John Collins (1917-2007)

Well, sir, it was my mother's idea , Military personnel, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Soldiers Without Guns. American propaganda poster celebrating women's wartime work on the home front, during World war two. By Adolph Treidler, 1886-1981,

Personified map, c. 1880, Prussia, depicted with a Prussian soldier, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

La Baionnette, a weekly satirical journal for French soldiers at the front. The cover shows a skeleton in a German military uniform holding a mask of Kaiser Wilhelm. The text reads: Bas les masques...Viola! Translation: Off with the masks There it is!, Paris, 1916.

It'll take more than a deep breath , Military personnel, Dancers, Military life, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Cartoon - Brussels Sprouts. John Collins (1917-2007)

On leave , Toy stores, Military personnel, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Sun, Flowers, Soldiers, Chinese Communist Propaganda

Artwork: "Victory Division Soldier on Guard at Sunset" Artist: Peter Varisano Catalog Number: 1.11.91 U.S. Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Lieutenant Robert Lindsay, 1st Battalion, Scots Fusiliers, leading a charge against the Russian batteries Date: 1854

World War Two: Sentimental Italian postcard for civilians to send to their men at the frontline.

Three Proud Soldiers, Chinese Communist Propaganda

Fly - U.S. Army Air Forces 1942 Poster showing a pilot wearing shining wings on his chest.

Don't spill this, soldier! But this place is dull without you! , Cats, Bars, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

United Front of Solidarity. , Spanish Civil War

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