Leaflet War
TIIE two Ronald Searle cartoons on p. 582, which were dropped on Egypt during the Suez campaign, are from the collection of R. G. Auck- land.' Is it the only one of its kind? Mr. Auckland has about 3,000 air leaflets in his albums, ranging from the pamphlets which were dropped in the First World War to the squibs thrown out of a helicopter over Lagos last September;on the occa- sion of the Action Group's party rally. A study of them reveals some interesting things: for example, about the way the British in the Second World War concentrated on breaking down morale on the home front, whereas the Nazis paid more attention to disturbing the front-line soldier (by suggesting, say, in leaflets dropped over the British lines, that the V- I s were devastating Eng- land). Mr. Auckland is anxious to fill in some gaps in his collection, notably the small news-sheets or magazines which were released from a few of the V-1s before their engines cut out; his address is 60 High Street, Sand ridge. Hertfordshire.
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