Pax Britannica

Pax Britannica

Propaganda

This Italian propaganda poster depicts Winston Churchill as a grotesque octopus fastening his tentacles around the globe. The octopus is commonly used in propaganda to represent an evil, grasping adversary hungry for land and power.

Giulio Bertoletti

Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Central Institute for Catalog and Documentation

1943

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