Cartoons on the war

The cartoon shown above is by the British cartoonist David Low. Published in
1950, the cartoon shows US President Harry S. Truman with the United Nations
rushing to Korea’s aid. Point was given to peace talks when the armies of
communist North Korea, without warning, drove into non-communist South
Korea, a battle-scarred peninsula set up, because of its strategic importance, as
an independent democracy by the United Nations. President Truman had
learned the lesson of the old League of Nations in the 'Thirties. The United
States, which naturally, had naval and air forces in the vicinity, moved in to
resist the invaders. The Americans had appointed themselves advance agents of
the United Nations, but their action was confirmed by the Security Council so
quickly that the Russians missed their chance for a veto.
This cartoon titled “Fire” is by an American editorial cartoonist Herblock.
Published in 1949, the cartoon suggests how by 1949, the Soviets had expanded
their control to cover most of Eastern Europe, and it appeared that China would
soon fall to the communists as well. "The fear-filled forties and fifties were a
dark period when the spread of communism abroad increased anxieties and
frustration at home," wrote Herb Block. In their zeal to stamp out all signs of
subversion in the United States, professional and amateur anti-communists
threatened to suppress American liberties as well.
This cartoon, titled “While the Shadow Lengthens” is by the American
cartoonist Edwin Marcus. Published in 1948, the cartoon shows an
apprehensive man (labelled "Western Europe") looking toward the U.S. Capitol
(labelled "Marshall Plan Delay") while in the foreground the huge menacing
shadow of a bear looms and suggests that the delay in approving the plan to
provide economic aid to the war- impoverished countries of Europe puts them
in danger of Soviet domination. Congress finally approved the plan in April
1948, eleven months after it was originally proposed.
This cartoon titled “It’s The Same Thing without Mechanical Problems” is also
by the American cartoonist Herblock. Published in 1949, the editorial cartoon
showing a Russian man yoked to a plough and turning the soil of the "Marshal
Stalin Plan", as Joseph Stalin tries to persuade other Russians that "it's the same
thing without mechanical problems"; in the background, a man rides on a new
tractor "Marshall Plan."
This cartoon is by the American cartoonist, Daniel R. Fitzpatrick. Published in
1950, the cartoon is foretelling the explosiveness of the conflict precipitated in
June by North Korea's invasion of South Korea.