Comments on: I honestly didn’t know Mexico had World War II propaganda https://retrohelix.com/2015/02/i-honestly-didnt-know-mexico-had-world-war-ii-propaganda/ Personal blog about whatever I find amusing. Fri, 21 Sep 2018 05:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: retrohelix https://retrohelix.com/2015/02/i-honestly-didnt-know-mexico-had-world-war-ii-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-9850 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 05:58:51 +0000 https://retrohelix.com/en/?p=22937#comment-9850 In reply to Huang Ji.

Sadly, I couldn’t find any info about the artist, and this is all I found about that poster.

]]> By: Huang Ji https://retrohelix.com/2015/02/i-honestly-didnt-know-mexico-had-world-war-ii-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-9849 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:32:44 +0000 https://retrohelix.com/en/?p=22937#comment-9849 is there anyone knows the name of artist of the poster slaying dragon?
I’m from Shanghai, China.
thanks a lot!

]]> By: Javier Delgado https://retrohelix.com/2015/02/i-honestly-didnt-know-mexico-had-world-war-ii-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-9746 Sun, 11 Sep 2016 01:35:47 +0000 https://retrohelix.com/en/?p=22937#comment-9746 Mexico did not sent troops to fight, but voluntaries from the Mexican airforce were sent to join the US airforce forming the ” 201st Fighter Squadron ” also known as by the nickname of Aguilas Aztecas or “Aztec Eagles”. There were 300 volunteers as groundcrew; 30 experienced pilots. that was un 1944.

Mexico was neutral until german submarines attacked the Mexican oil tankers Potrero del Llano and Faja de Oro, that were transporting crude oil to the United States. ( probably the reason of the attack).

The 201 squadron was part of the Fifth Air Force, attached to the U.S. 58th Fighter Group.
they had 96 combat misions, 785 Offensive sorties and 6 Defensive sorties. The 201st Mexican Squadron was given credit for putting out of action about 30,000 Japanese troops and the destruction of enemy held-buildings, vehicles, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns emplacements and ammunition depots. Not only did the pilots get into combat, but also the ground personnel encountered Japanese troops.

There is and old mexican movie about this episode.

Also you can check here:

http://www.stelzriede.com/ms/html/mshwma39.htm

by the way, the posters are very interesting, I haven´t seen them before, they are rare. 🙂

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