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Churchill in Cartoons: Satirising a Statesman (Feb 2025)

The Imperial War Museum held a special exhibition to mark 150 years since Winston Churchill's birth, showcasing satirical cartoons about him from a wide media spectrum.

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This Czech-produced poster shows Churchill fleeing German bombs during the Blitz, part of the Nazi propaganda campaign that blamed him for the air raids. At the time, he was depicted as a drunk warmonger and criminal.

This 1941 cartoon shows Churchill as St. George having just slain a dragon, which represents German threats against Britain, and ready to take on the next.

Churchill holds up an oversized German soldier with a "Tommy" gun as he stands his ground.

Churchill and Roosevelt are on a boat preparing to fish. In August 1941, the two met secretly just off Canada while Roosevelt was on a fishing trip.

British civilians and servicemen call on Churchill to open a second front in Europe as the Germans fight the Russians. Churchill urged to delay this until the US can join. This was a point of contention between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, with Churchill being a block to opening another front to alleviate pressure on the Soviets.

Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946, which many regarded it being the start of the Cold War. This cartoon in the Russian media ridiculed him as yet another fascist.

A cigar-smoking Churchill waits Eisenhower to move into the White House, hoping to maintain a special relationship between the 2 countries.