'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle

c. 1940
Overview

Handheld, boxed dexterity puzzle comprising a colourful cardboard cover with illustrations of planes of the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and an airman wearing uniform and sidecap saying 'Put the Yanks in Berlin' in a red speech bubble. The planes are identifiable as belonging to the USAAC by the roundels on their wings which are blue circles surrounding a white, five-pointed star with a red circular centre.
On the edges of the cover are graphic illustrations of a variety of war motifs - tanks, planes, ships, observation balloons, artillery and military vehicles.
On the underside of the lid are the instructions for the game.
The bottom of the box shows a graphical depiction of a map of Europe with Berlin in the centre. There are a series of nine holes - four in the centre for Berlin and five in surrounding capital cities (London, Paris, Rome, Oslo and Moscow). There are glass marbles in three different colours representing the US Army, USAAC and Royal Air Force (RAF). Warships are depicted in the seas surrounding Europe and an American bomber flies over Berlin.
The object is to get the different coloured marbles into the appropriate holes of the map of Europe, with the US Army occupying Berlin and the USAAF and RAF controlling the areas around it.
This puzzle is missing one white marble.

Historical information

One of a series of handheld dexterity puzzles in the collection produced in the United States during WWII.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-119-RoW00346
Width
114 mm
Height or length
114 mm
Depth
20 mm
Inscriptions and markings

On lid top:

"PUT THE
YANKS
IN
BERLIN"

"AN INTRIGUING WAR PUZZLE"

On the underside of the lid:

"PUT THE YANKS IN BERLIN

Put the Yanks in Berlin puzzle typifies the strategy that is
being pursued by the UNITED NATIONS to defeat Hitler
and the Axis in the European War area, viz., to attack and
captue the important military centers in the War area and
eventually occupy and control Berlin.

The khaki marbles represent the Yanks, the blue and white
marbles the American Air Corps and the Royal Air Force
respectively. Now see if you can maneuver, without the
hands touching the marbles, the four khaki marbles into the
four holes in the area designated Berlin...the blue and
white marbles into the holes ringed in corresponding color
that represent the chief military centers of Europe.

You win...and Put the Yanks in Berlin...when you
succeed in holing the marbles as instructed.

MODERN NOVELTIES INC.
4000 ORANGE AVE. CLEVELAND OHIO."

Place made
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Year
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
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'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - cover and contents
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - cover and contents
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - cover
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - cover
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - collage of sides
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - collage of sides
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - instructions
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - instructions
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - instructions and game
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - instructions and contents
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - oblique view
'Put the Yanks in Berlin' dexterity puzzle - oblique view

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