The critical moment,President Woodrow Wilson,Submarine,World War I,WWI,Sailor
Title: The critical moment
Creator(s): Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1914 and 1917]
Summary: Cartoon shows President Wilson as a mariner in a rowboat preparing to harpoon a shark labeled 'Submarine Murder.' Unrestricted German submarine warfare was one of the factors that finally made Wilson decide in 1917 that the United States should enter World War I against Germany.
Notes:
(DLC/PP-1944:0008.1)
Probably published in: New York World.
jr / 860509; ljr / 970417.
Subjects:
Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924.
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations--German.
International relations--United States--1910-1920.
Submarine warfare--Germany--1910-1920.
Sailors--1910-1920.
Sharks--1910-1920.
Drawings.
Editorial cartoons--American.
Bookmark /acd1996004657/PP/
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