Cartoon by Illingworth on the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) (8 September 1954)

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On 8 September 1954, British cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth illustrates the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) following the French National Assembly’s rejection of the EDC Treaty. On the right, Pierre Mendès France, French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.

Source and copyright

Source: Punch. or The London Charivari. 08.09.1954, No 5947; Vol. CCXXVII. London.

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

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Cartoon by Illingworth on the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) (8 September 1954)