Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Chigaro choumambo chaMambo Ottokar" chakanga chisiri chiitiko chokutanga chaTintin chokunyora zvakananga pazviitiko zvomunguva iyoyo; Hergé akanga atoita somuenzaniso kushandisa kupindirwa kweJapan muManzhuria muna 1931 semugariro wezvematongerwe enyika nokuda kwechimiro mu"The Blue Lotus". Panguva ino, Hergé akanga anyatsocherechedza zviitiko zvaiva zvichiitika zvine chokuita nemitemo yokuwedzera yeNazi Germany. Mukugadzira iyi nyaya, akanyanya kufurirwa ne "Anschluss", kubatanidzwa kweAustria neNazi Germany muna Kurume 1938. Chibvumirano cheMunich nokurwiswa kweSudetenland kwakazoitwa nevaNazi muna October 1938. Vhiki nhatu pashure pokunge "Chigaro choumambo chaMambo Ottokar" chapera kubudiswa, Germany yakapinda muPoland. Panguva ino, kutyisidzira kuzvitonga kweBelgium kwaikonzerwa nokuwedzera kweNazi kwakanga kuchiva pachena zvikuru. Pakazosvika 1939, zviitiko zvakanga zvakapoteredza
Kubatanidzwa kweItaly kweAlbania kwakaita kuti Hergé asimbise mupepeti wake kuti abudise basa iri kuti atore mukana wezviitiko zvazvino sezvo ainzwa "Syldavia iAlbania". Gare gare Hergé akaramba kuti aingova nenyika imwe chete mupfungwa dzake.