Busy As A (wartime) Beaver
Not much to add here, just something my Canadian friends might enjoy. It couldn’t be more opposite from the many dark, fear inducing images of other propaganda posters of the time.
View ArticleAchtung!
Kaiser Wilhelm II (the last German Emperor) visits some troops in the field during World War I. He appears to be chastising one man for replacing his spiked helmet with a fruit bowl. The pointed...
View ArticleWatching For Aeroplanes
On the lookout for flyers. Instead of the review of Wipers: A Soldiers Tale From the Great War that I wanted to post here today (but haven’t begun yet), I bring you seven German’s staring at the sky....
View ArticleArmored Train
This is the way to travel! Austrian armored train, circa 1915, in all its rivet covered glory.
View ArticleA Solid Roof
Command center? No. Officers quarters? No. Barracks? No. Far more important…the kitchen.
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