The World War II meme that circled the world

We know about the epic drama of World War II, but what about the jokes? The above video tells the story (as best as we can). The iconic piece of graffiti that was known, in America, as "Kilroy Was Here" traveled the world in a fashion remarkably similar to a modern meme.

[adin]

Seems like Kilroy was better than Justin Y.

[siopao]

When you realise your grandpa was a memer back in the war

[ethan]

Next world war we’re just going to put shitposts everywhere

[jacobtheepic]

KIlroy: The only meme to ever worry the russians.

[MrConguiano]

All salute the first and dankest of the memes!

[nobody]

Kilroy is not real, he can't hurt you.


*Kilroy:*

[bigchungus]

imagine being a German soldier. The last thing you see before you die by a bomber plane is

[ChillhopMusic]

I bet hipsters all around the world will be all over this now..

[Monister]

Interesting to know that memes existed before the internet

[SmoulderDrache]

My grandfather drew Kilroy on my cast when I broke my leg

[shivpatel]

In the new COD which is based around WW2 you can see Killroy around the game in many different locations

[TheDailyEgg]

World war 3 memes: let me introduce myself

[gtaxmods]

"latrine literature"
The true origin of the term "shitposting".

[Loopy]

A very educate and classical meme.  The Lenny face is like a descendant of Kilroy when you think about it.

[GiraffeOmelette]

I remember us all doodling this on tables and our books during school.
None of us knew what it truly was.

[boooovere]

Adolf Hitler might have a meme review about this meme

[NSluiter]

Should I put a "Kilroy was here" in my history exam?

[fredricknoe]

The sun never sets on the Kill Roy Empire.

[cheesewhiz]

I remember seeing "Kilroy was here" written in a underground river when I was little and thought it was funny that someone wrote it there but then I realized that it was from WWII, it gave me chills.

[rawb]

God I want to be a meme historian so bad.