Jugoslavia: Freedom on the Heights (Punch, 21 January 1942)
A black-and-white Punch cartoon shows five armed Yugoslav guerrillas on a snowy ridge, one scanning with binoculars, above a valley with German-held vehicles; the sheet is headed 'Jugoslavia'. The tell for glittering generalities is the abstract title 'Freedom on the Heights' and the bracketed admiration for the guerrilla army in place of operational detail.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Punch, or The London Charivari (cartoon by L. G. Illingworth); issuer of this reproduction sheet not shown
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; Punch cartoon of 1942 reproduced on a sheet; hosted by owner decision
Punch, or The London Charivari, 21 January 1942 (L. G. Illingworth). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-891.
Text on the object
JUGOSLAVIA PUNCH OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI — JANUARY 21 1942 FREEDOM ON THE HEIGHTS [In admiration of the mountain guerilla army still fighting against Germany and Italy on Yugo-Slav soil.] ILLINGWORTH [signature]
