German Cartoon about Anglo-Egyptian Relationship


This German cartoon shows the British Lion playfully toying with a terrified Egypt. The idea behind the cartoon was to show that Egypt was so shackled to Great Britain as to make a farce of the independence granted in 1922.


The Wafd: Egypt 1918 - 1927


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