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I was asked to do a series of six images representing six different World War 2 Allied powers. The commissioner has plans to reproduce these images on an actual aircraft, so you may see them in the sky someday! ^_^
This fearless hyena represents Egypt, and I decided that the plane name she would have graced would have been "Pharaoh's Curse." (Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?)
Prints of this series should be available online once all of the proper parties have given their permission. You can thank
hyenafur for his vision and love of art on aircraft.
This fearless hyena represents Egypt, and I decided that the plane name she would have graced would have been "Pharaoh's Curse." (Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?)
Prints of this series should be available online once all of the proper parties have given their permission. You can thank
hyenafur for his vision and love of art on aircraft.
Category All / All
Species Hyena
Size 468 x 360px
File Size 71.4 kB
If I may... how could Saudi Arabia and Egypt be considered allied powers during WW2? Saudi Arabia didn't even exist until post-war and the nation of Egypt had no part at all in the war. Free France and Russia were both real contributors and participants but neither of the other two thus far were even part of the fighting.
You're incorrect.
Egypt fought in WWII on the side of the Allies and served as a major staging area for the British Forces in North Africa. Egyptians also fought along side the British. It was the failed invasion of Egypt by the Italians that forced Germany to invade North Africa. Officially, the government was "neutral" but they were giving aid to the British, even though many in their government sympathized with the Axis.
Saudi remained officially neutral for a majority of the war, however, they severed all ties to Germany in 1941, and began supplying oil to the Allied Powers. They even allowed the US to build a military airfield. They officially went to war in 1945 against the Germans and Japanese, but they never officially engaged either side in armed combat.
Egypt fought in WWII on the side of the Allies and served as a major staging area for the British Forces in North Africa. Egyptians also fought along side the British. It was the failed invasion of Egypt by the Italians that forced Germany to invade North Africa. Officially, the government was "neutral" but they were giving aid to the British, even though many in their government sympathized with the Axis.
Saudi remained officially neutral for a majority of the war, however, they severed all ties to Germany in 1941, and began supplying oil to the Allied Powers. They even allowed the US to build a military airfield. They officially went to war in 1945 against the Germans and Japanese, but they never officially engaged either side in armed combat.
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