WW2 cartoons
Because the Greatest Generation knew that making racist jokes (and ruthlessly mocking god-awful ideologies like Nazism, Communism, Fascism, and Japanese Imperialism) was a civic duty.
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- DirectorJack KinneyBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigCharles JudelsBilly BletcherDonald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
- DirectorNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancMichael MalteseJohn McLeishHitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.
- DirectorDan GordonDave FleischerJames TyerStarsJack MercerPopeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsEileen CarlisleRobert A. DavisLisa GolmA young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.
- DirectorNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancA newsreel from Japan with updates on the war effort.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsDick Nelson
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetBugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsSara BernerMel BlancFrank GrahamWhen Tokyo Rose begins spewing her anti-American propaganda over the airwaves, Seaman Hook is inspired to fight back, using War Bonds as literal weapons against her.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancDorothy LloydTedd PierceDaffy takes on a goat sent by Hitler to eat up his scrap pile.
- DirectorIzzy SparberJames TyerStarsJack MercerA German sub destroys a rowboat, a buoy, and another German sub (obviously, not the pride of the fleet). Meanwhile, Popeye, with a boat full of "spinach fer Britain", rams into the sub by accident. The sub cuts Popeye's ship in half with machine-gun fire, separating him from the spinach; it then sends a torpedo into the remains, which Popeye collects in a rowboat. Popeye spins the sub upside down, then ends up in a mine field (again barely saving the spinach). After another run-in, the spinach lands in the sub, and Popeye ends up underwater, where he opens his own can and smashes the Nazis into the mine field. He rows the sub full of spinach into the fog and, ultimately, right to #10 Downing Street.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherRobert C. BrucePorky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
- DirectorJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAlexander de SeverskyArt BakerBilly MitchellAn animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJoan AlexanderJackson BeckJack MercerSuperman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsMargie HinesJack MercerTedd PierceBluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, on the way to a date with Olive; Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms (yes, they fit very badly). Popeye ends up in a tank drill, which he does very badly, driving through a house, into a pond, and ultimately falling off a cliff. That's it, it's time for the spinach, and a run for it; he manages to outrun or out maneuver all the other tanks and arrives at Olive's just as Bluto is walking out with her (oddly enough, even though the date with Olive is the motivation for the whole plot, she has only one line). The boys fight in the tank and Popeye swaps uniforms back again, just as the tank boys catch up; that gets Bluto blamed for all of Popeye's hijinks.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancCommando Daffy Duck goes behind enemy lines and causes havoc for a Nazi German officer and his troops.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancMichael MalteseThe Sportsmen QuartetThe mice of a house prepare for war when their appeasement policy fails to end the menace of a cat.
- DirectorDan GordonWillard BowskyDave FleischerStarsJoan AlexanderJackson BeckJack MercerWhile Clark Kent is in wartime Japan, Superman becomes a saboteur.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancDissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancDaffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
- DirectorFord Beebe Jr.Burt GillettStarsBilly BletcherDorothy ComptonMary ModerA re-telling of the classic "Three Little Pigs" story with an emphasis on War Savings Certificates.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherThe King's MenJohn McLeishDonald Fauntleroy Duck gets his draft notice and goes in, past all the amazingly enticing recruiting posters, to sign up. First he has to pass the physical. Despite his flat feet, he makes it. Donald wants to fly, but first he has to make it through Sergeant Pete's boot camp. He has a terrible time with close-order drills, and standing at attention without moving when he's over an ant-hill proves a real challenge. Eventually, Donald ends up on endless KP.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsLeone Le DouxSara BernerPinto ColvigYet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancSara BernerRobert C. BruceDaffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetRobert C. BruceAs Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.
- DirectorJack KingStarsJohn DehnerEddie HoldenClarence NashDonald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large amount of water splashes onto the airfield, wiping the whole thing clean, but leaving disfigured airplanes.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsPinto ColvigJohn McLeishGoofy demonstrates the history of water transport, from the first prehistoric use of floating logs to the modern battleship.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettBugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsJack BaileyPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldTo combat the wartime shortages in gas and tires, a number of fanciful forms of transportation are demonstrated by various versions of Goofy. Finally, we see the ultimate solution: the pogo stick.
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherClarence NashPrivate Donald is caught going AWOL and Sgt. Pete is waiting in his barraks for him.
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaIn honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.
- DirectorJack KingStarsHank KetchamClarence NashPrivate Donald Duck has a tough time during training march.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsThurl RavenscroftBea BenaderetSara BernerWe tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancA farm horse tries to enlist in the army, but despite his virtuoso display of wartime histrionics, he's rejected when he flunks the physical. Dejected, he wanders into a mock battlefield, which tells him what war is really like.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelDave TendlarStarsJack MercerPopeye's planting a victory garden while his nephews are collecting worms for fishing. He berates them for wasting time, and tells them the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, which inspires them to plant beans. Popeye falls asleep, and dreams up a giant beanstalk. His nephews talk him into climbing to the top. Inside the giant's castle, Popeye hides in the cuckoo clock and spots the giant hoarding sugar instead of gold; his hen lays tires, and his storehouses are full of other goods that were rationed in World War II. Popeye tries to walk out with a stack of tires, but the giant stops him, ultimately swatting him with a fly swatter and making him into a sandwich; the giant sprinkles Popeye with pepper, delaying the inevitable spinach briefly. Popeye defeats the giant, and gets him to sneeze all his tires into a carpet. Popeye wakes up, and the victory garden sprouts CANtaloupes (cans), POTatoes (pots), squashes (squashed tires), peaches (good tires), and finally a shoe tree right under the cast.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsPinto ColvigDessie FlynnNorma SwankPluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). Before long, the "saboteurs" reveal themselves: Chip and Dale, making their debut, using the cannon-like gun as their own personal nutcracker.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerWhen Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherSnafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceUsing Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancA fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPrivate Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamMichael MalteseSnafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherSnafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancA homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as commited to the war efforts as himself.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancRobert C. BrucePvt. Snafu thinks he's too smart to get caught by an enemy booby trap, but he soon finds that the traps are alluring and that he is every bit the booby.
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancTedd PiercePrivate Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military discipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPrivate Snafu has a secret: his ship leaves for Africa at 4:30. He's determined to keep it, but bit by bit it slips out, and eventually, the details end up right on Hitler's desk and the ship is engaged.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamIntroducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces.