Private Snafu is a series of cartoons made by Warner Bros.

and Dr.

Seuss for the US Army during the height of WWII.

In this cartoon (directed by Bob Clampett) A Nazi solider captures Private Snafu who keeps his weapon in such filthy shape that only mud squirts out.


Snafu's machine gun, overheats and melts and his artillery gun is loaded with pots, pans and junk.


Snafu tries to escape via jeep, but it won't start.

Snafu ends up naked, standing in a Nazi prison camp.

released in October 1943