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Description: | Concept: civilian morale, propaganda, flag / banner / standard, shipping, cartography, military vehicles Description: whole: the image occupies the majority. The title and text are separate and placed along the bottom edge, in black. Further text is integrated and positioned across the image, in black. All set against a white background. image: a map, illustrating the route taken by an invasion fleet of British and American Naval vessels towards various North African ports. Several German and Italian submarines are depicted sinking in the waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas. text: [map has various place names] LA PLUS GRANDE FLOTTE D'INVASION QUE LE MONDE AIT JAMAIS VUE. 850 navires transporteurs de troupes, ravitailleurs et navires de guerre, y compris des centaines qui avaient passée par le détroit de Gibraltar sans essuyer autre chose que des pertes légères, arrivent dans les ports nord africains. Les sous-marins allemands et italiens furent complètement déroutés par la manuvre. B.O.S.43. [The biggest invasion fleet the world has ever known. 850 troopships, supply ships and warships reach North African ports, including hundreds through Gibraltar, with only minor losses. Leaving the German and Italian U-Boats completely out-manoeuvred] Object: map, flag, submarine, ship | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5156... | Go to resource |
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