Cartoon by Illingworth on the Marshall Plan and the difficulties of unifying Western Europe (8 March 1948)

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On 8 March 1948, faced with the threat of the Soviet bloc, British cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth illustrates the efforts made by Georges Marshall, US Secretary of State, to gather around him the countries of Western Europe, thereby forming a united front against the dangers of Communism.

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Source: Daily Mail. For King and Commonwealth. 08.03.1948, No 16.167. London. "Western Rugby Union", auteur:Illingworth , p. 2.

Copyright: (c) Leslie Illingworth Associated Newspaper / Solo Syndication, London

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Cartoon by Illingworth on the Marshall Plan and the difficulties of unifying Western Europe (8 March 1948)