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Radio 4 Programme About Chamberlain And His Umbrella

Thanks Maria. A fascinating programme on how the umbrella was used to symbolise the efforts of Neville Chamberlain in his talks with Germany in the late 1930s. David Low, the cartoonist, used the umbrella symbol for Chamberlain frequently. In the first cartoon (1938), Chamberlain himself is represented as an umbrella. The Latin motto is a play on the words "Si vis pacem, para bellum" i.e. "if you want peace, prepare for war". The second cartoon was mentioned in the radio programme and is by Low in, I think, 1939. It shows the Nazi tiger eating the umbrella, which has the tag of "appeasement". Dave.
 

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Neville Chamberlain always seems to have got a bad press regarding his visit to Germany and his efforts regarded as failure. He did his best, at the time: I am sure he was very aware of the consequences for the people and the UK if war occurred, which of course it did. However one fact is often overlooked and that is that his efforts bought the UK further time to continue preparations for a war that seemed inevitable.
 
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