Wanted for Incitement to Murder: Winston S. Churchill

Feb 1, 2012 | History, Military, Naval & Aviation

Churchill Wanted for Incitement to Murder

Wanted for Incitement to Murder: Nazi propaganda leaflet of Churchill with a Thompson sub-machine gun.

One of the most famous propaganda images of the Second World War, this photo of Winston Churchill with a Thompson sub-machine gun, or Tommy gun, was taken while the Prime Minister was inspecting a coastal defence unit at Hartlepool in July 1940. But Churchill’s resemblance to a stereotypical American mobster wasn’t lost on the Nazis, who began dropping these propaganda leaflets over Britain within weeks of the photo being taken. These leaflets are very delicate, making original copies extremely uncommon.

Churchill Wanted for Incitement to Murder propaganda leaflet

Verso of the Churchill propaganda leaflet.

 

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