WW2 cartoons
by J_Frank_Parnell | created - 17 Apr 2022 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicBecause 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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1. Der Fuehrer's Face (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck has a nightmare that he lives in Germany slaving under the Nazi regime.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Charles Judels, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 4,627
2. Herr Meets Hare (1945)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs disguises himself as Hitler, Stalin and Brunhilde when he confronts Nazi Hermann Goering in the Black Forest.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 753
3. The Ducktators (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are portrayed as ducks taking over a barnyard.
Director: Norm McCabe | Stars: Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, John McLeish
Votes: 846
4. You're a Sap, Mr. Jap (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye takes on the Japanese Navy single-handedly.
Directors: Dan Gordon, Dave Fleischer, James Tyer | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 303
5. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A young German boy is indoctrinated into conforming with the Nazi social mindset.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Eileen Carlisle, Robert A. Davis, Lisa Golm, Charles Judels
Votes: 1,520
6. Tokio Jokio (1943)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A newsreel from Japan with updates on the war effort.
Director: Norm McCabe | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 437
7. Take Heed Mr. Tojo (1943)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Shamus Culhane | Star: Dick Nelson
Votes: 62
8. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 588
9. Tokyo Woes (1945)
4 min | Short, Animation
When 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.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Frank Graham, Arthur Lake
Votes: 201
10. Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy takes on a goat sent by Hitler to eat up his scrap pile.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dorothy Lloyd, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 623
11. Spinach Fer Britain (1943)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, James Tyer | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 218
12. Meet John Doughboy (1941)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce, Robert Clampett
Votes: 396
13. Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Documentary, Animation, History
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, H.C. Potter | Stars: Alexander de Seversky, Art Baker, Billy Mitchell
Votes: 1,178 | Gross: $0.80M
14. Superman: Japoteurs (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Action
Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sam Parker
Votes: 862
15. Many Tanks (1942)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Bluto'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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 193
16. Daffy - The Commando (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Commando Daffy Duck goes behind enemy lines and causes havoc for a Nazi German officer and his troops.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,014
17. The Fifth-Column Mouse (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The mice of a house prepare for war when their appeasement policy fails to end the menace of a cat.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 449
18. Superman: Eleventh Hour (I) (1942)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Action
While Clark Kent is in wartime Japan, Superman becomes a saboteur.
Directors: Dan Gordon, Willard Bowsky, Dave Fleischer | Stars: Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Lee Royce
Votes: 795
19. Three Brothers (1944)
3 min | Animation, Short
Dissatisfied with being assigned to shoe consignment detail, Snafu learns about the true value of his responsibilities
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 163
20. Draftee Daffy (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is desperate to elude the draft board respresentative bearing his conscription order.
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 881
21. The Thrifty Pig (1941)
4 min | Animation, Short
A re-telling of the classic "Three Little Pigs" story with an emphasis on War Savings Certificates.
Directors: Ford Beebe Jr., Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Dorothy Compton, Mary Moder, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 365
22. Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, The King's Men, John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 834
23. Blitz Wolf (1942)
Passed | 10 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Yet 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.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Leone Le Doux, Sara Berner, Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham
Votes: 1,461
24. Plane Daffy (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Daffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 630
25. Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
As Adolf Hitler personally flies a bomber on a mission to the Soviet Union, the gremlins from the Kremlin set about to stop him.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 652
26. Commando Duck (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Donald 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: John Dehner, Eddie Holden, Clarence Nash
Votes: 778
27. How to Be a Sailor (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Goofy demonstrates the history of water transport, from the first prehistoric use of floating logs to the modern battleship.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Pinto Colvig, John McLeish
Votes: 548
28. Falling Hare (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Bugs encounters wartime sabotage and takes to the air to do battle.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 1,478
29. Victory Vehicles (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
To 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.
Director: Jack Kinney | Stars: Jack Bailey, Pinto Colvig, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 479
30. The Old Army Game (1943)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Donald is caught going AWOL and Sgt. Pete is waiting in his barraks for him.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 567
31. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In honor of the U.S. military during WWII, Tom and Jerry do battle in the basement, using household items as war weapons and vehicles.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Star: William Hanna
Votes: 2,017
32. Fall Out Fall In (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private Donald Duck has a tough time during training march.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Hank Ketcham, Clarence Nash
Votes: 597
33. Wacky Blackout (1942)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Thurl Ravenscroft, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Votes: 278
34. The Draft Horse (1942)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A 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.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 325
35. Ration Fer the Duration (1943)
8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye'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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Dave Tendlar | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 138
36. Private Pluto (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Pluto 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,... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, Norma Swank
Votes: 531
37. Censored (1944)
5 min | Animation, Short
When Snafu gets his wish to have his personal mail uncensored by the military, he inadvertently reveals military secrets that lead to disaster.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner
Votes: 325
38. Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
3 min | Animation, Short
Snafu learns hard way the consequences of not protecting himself from malaria infection.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 232
39. A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)
3 min | Animation, Short
Using Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 205
40. The Infantry Blues (1943)
4 min | Animation, Short
Pvt. Snafu complains about being assigned to the infantry only to learn that other branches have their own problems.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 174
41. The Goldbrick (1943)
4 min | Animation, Short
A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 273
42. No Buddy Atoll (1945)
3 min | Animation, Short
Private 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.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 148
43. Rumors (1943)
4 min | Animation, Short
Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 258
44. Gas (1944)
3 min | Animation, Short
Snafu learns the need of keeping his gas mask at hand when he is attacked by anthropomorphic gas cloud.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 204
45. The Home Front (1943)
4 min | Animation, Short
A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as commited to the war efforts as himself.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 317
46. Booby Traps (1944)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pvt. 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.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 405
47. Gripes (1943)
5 min | Animation, Short
Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 267
48. Spies (1943)
Unrated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Private 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.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 654
49. Coming!! Snafu (1943)
3 min | Animation, Short
Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Frank Graham
Votes: 316
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