British newspapers joined the wave of indignation against the war-mongering Japanese, after their opening strikes in the Pacific

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Salvador Dali's ... enigmatic postwar painting, "The Enigma of Hitler".  Salvador may not have been so ... ambivalent (?) about Fascism while it was still live in its original manifestation; but it is hard to know.  He was, after all, enigmatic.  Apparently, this painting resulted in Dali being "thrown out of the Surrealist Movement".  That is, really, a mind-blowing concept - how does one get thrown out of a Movement that was not exactly noted for membership lists and rule books ?  A bit like being thrown out of Alcoholics Anonymous for Not Drinking in the Wrong Way ... but then, AA is pretty enigmatic itself ... Yours from the Far Side of Antares, JR.

"The Enigma of Hitler".

"Heroes of Marco Polo Bridge Incident" Painting by Mukai Junkichi 1938