‘The Po is waiting for you’ (1945) Second World War Propagan...

Hammer

£130

‘The Po is waiting for you’ (1945) Second World War Propaganda leaflet, double sided and presented like a tourist brochure, leaflet carrying the text ‘The Po is waiting for you’ shows on front a colourful scene of the Italian countryside on either side of the Po River, with the towns of Cremona, Brescia, Mantova, Verona, Padova, Rovigo, Modena and Ferrara, and in the right foreground a smiling young woman holding a large basket of grapes and oranges, whilst the reverse shows a black and white illustration of a laughing skeleton wading in the Po River with a wrecked bridge in the background, and soldiers on boats being attacked and killed by enemy shell fire. The leaflet a warning for allied troops on what was waiting for them if they tried to cross the Po river. Leaflet dropped by German Forces on 8th Indian Infantry division. 20cm x 29cm (folded in four).