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Battle Lines: WWII Cartoons, The Final Years of World War II, May 1943–Aug 1945

Aug
04
Aug 4 – Dec 18, 2020
Where

Center for Missouri Studies
Art Gallery, First Floor
605 Elm Street
Columbia, MO 65201

WWII Cartoons by Daniel Fitzpatrick, Installment Three
The Final Years of World War II, May 1943 – August 1945

Fitzpatrick cartoon with two signs "To Tokyo" and "To Berlin"

"Still long, hard, and bloody." - Director Byrnes. August 18, 1943. Daniel Fitzpatrick.

Where

Center for Missouri Studies
Art Gallery, First Floor
605 Elm Street
Columbia, MO 65201

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Daniel Fitzpatrick, chronicled the progression of World War II as it happened with powerful and poignant editorial cartoons. The final installment of this eighteen-month exhibition focuses on the ending years of the war, including the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that forced Japan’s surrender on V-J Day, August 15, 1945.

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Battle Lines: The Story of WWII through the Editorial Cartoons of Daniel Fitzpatrick

As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, Fitzpatrick chronicled the progression of World War II as it happened with powerful and poignant editorial cartoons. This walk-through covers all three installments of Battle Lines, the WWII Cartoons of Daniel Fitzpatrick. Online and free, registration required.

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