| Image | 
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| Ref No | 50010 |
| Alt Ref No | 50010 |
| Artist or Creator | David Ghilchik |
| Title or Caption | Dropping the pilot - 1943 variant |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Published by | Daily Sketch |
| Date | 27 Jul 1943 |
| Format | Newspaper |
| Embedded text or transcript | With apologies to the late Sir John Tenniel's great cartoon.
S.S. Italia |
| Person Depicted | Victor Emmanuel (1869-1947); III,; King of Italy |
| Mussolini; Benito (1883-1945) |
| Implied text | Cartoons: Dropping the Pilot by Sir John Tenniel published in Punch 29 March 1890. |
| Notes | Notes: "After the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky started on July 9, 1943) the position of Benito Mussolini became weak even within his National Fascist Party. On July 24, he lost a motion of no confidence in the Grand Council of Fascism. Vittorio Emanuele III. was asked to dismiss Mussolini as Prime Minister. The king did so on July 25, ordered to arrest him and appointed Marshal Pietro Badoglio as new Prime Minister of Italy." [Thomas Manndorff] |
| Subjects | Italy |
| dismissal |
| kings |
| Copyright holder | Associated Newspapers Ltd / Solo Syndiction |
| Copyright contact details | Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT solo@solosyndication.com |
| Genre | pastiche |
| Relates to cartoon | 50010 |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | About | Multimedia | Image |
| GB/BCA/679 | Victor Emmanuel (1869-1947); III,; King of Italy | 1869-1947 | | | |
| GB/BCA/58 | Mussolini; Benito (1883-1945) | 1883-1945 | | | |