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This is what I get for thinking I was fighting two other guys
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Soviet Union |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows a battered Mussolini sitting dejectedly in a barbed wire cage holding a paper reading "Russians Claim They Defeated Italy." Mussolini complains, "This is what I get for thinking I was fighting two other guys." Mussolini declared war on England and France in 1940, but by September 1943, the Allies had invaded Italy, he had been deposed by his own forces and placed under house arrest, and the new Italian government had surrendered. The Russian press immediately claimed credit for the defeat, asserting that the Allied successes had only been made possible by the absorbtion of German and Italian troops in the battles with the Soviets on the Eastern front. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Surrenders--Italian. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mussolini, Benito,--1883-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Communications--Soviet Union. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
