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Winged victory commemorating the triumph of army bombers over noncombatants in Spain and China /
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | China Spain |
| Description | Editorial cartoon shows a winged devil holding a bomb, the kind dropped from airplanes, over a landscape of ruins. "Herblock refers to the Greek statue Winged Victory of Samothrace in memorializing civilian death. On the eve of World War II, it was clear that the airplane had changed the nature of war. No longer dependent on ground forces, armies had the potential to eliminate hundreds of thousands of civilians from above in the name of combat. On June 3, 1938 in Washington, Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary of State, denounced aerial atrocities in Spain and China." [Source: exhibit caption] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings: Herblock Collection |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nike of Samothrace. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Devil--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aerial bombings--China--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aerial bombings--Spain--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
