Clipping regarding planned blitzkrieg of Britain, 1940
Item Overview
- Title
- Clipping regarding planned blitzkrieg of Britain, 1940
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- 1940
- Date
- 1940
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
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Article titled, "British Blitkrieg Dreamed Years Ago," Evening Outlook, undated. The article discusses a sketch depicting German paratroopers invading an English port. The sketch was originally published in the German magazine, "Ueber Land und Meer" in 1895. An additional sketch illustrates a similar plan of attack devised by Napoleon in 1804 - though his plot involved creating a tunnel under the English channel through which soldiers would march.
This illustrated article was published in numerous U.S. newspapers between late July and mid-August of 1940. - Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: 2964, Aviation & flying, 19th Century early fantastic baloons etc
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
Keywords
- Genre
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acetate film
black-and-white photographs
clippings - Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Military tactics--German
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1300_2340
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002d3wsv
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.