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As an injured Russian bear and plucked French cock stumble off, Britain's John Bull protects his fleet with the flags of neutral nations, while making his throne on his colonies and allies: Egypt, India, Belgium, Ireland, Transvaal (part of the Union on South Africa), and, at the center, Italy, an ally since May, 1915. A postcard from 1915, labeled in French and German. |
John Bull le Protecteur des Opprimés
John Bull der Freund und Beschützer der Kleinen.
John Bull, Protector of the Oppressed
John Bull, friend and protector of the little ones.
Egypte, Indes, Belgique, Transvaal, Irlande
Egypt, India, Belgium, Transvaal, Ireland
1915 |
John Bull, 1915, Great Britain, British Empire, United Kingdom |
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Detail from the National Submarine War Memorial on the Embankment in London, United Kingdom: the submariners manning the machine and some of the forces seeking its destruction. The Memorial lists the British submarines lost in the World Wars I and II. |
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National Submarine War Memorial, Submarine War Memorial, Submarine Memorial, Submariner Memorial, Embankment, London Embankment, London, E-20, E20, 1915, 1915-11-05 |
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At the Russian border on November 5, 1915, a German watercolor by J. Gabler. |
Über die Russ. Grenze
Bei 5 Nov. 1915
At the Russian border
On 5 Nov. 1915
J. Gabler
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Message beginning: "Am 12 Nov 1915 . . .
On November 12, 1915 . . . |
watercolor, trench art, 1915, Russia, border, 1915-11-05, November, J. Gabler, Gabler |
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Italy's armed forces at the ready in a 1915 postcard. In the foreground the artillery, infantry, an Alpine soldier (in feathered hat), and a Bersaglieri (in plumed headgear). Behind them are a bugler and lancer; in the distance marines and colonial troops. The Italian navy is off shore, an airship and planes overhead. On the reverse are the lyrics of a patriotic Italian March by Angelo Balladori, lyrics by Enrico Mercatali. It ends with a call to the brothers of Trento and Trieste, Austro-Hungarian territory with large ethnic Italian populations. |
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Marcia Italica
D'Italia flammeggin le sante bandiere
Baciate dal sole, baciate dal vento,
Su l'aspro sentier di Bezzecca e di Trento
De l'alma Trieste, sul cerulo mar.
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Fratelli di Trento, Triestini fratelli,
La patria s'è desta alla grande riscossa!
Dell'aquila ingorda la barbara possa
Dai liberi petti domata sarà!
Parole di Enrico Mercatali
Musica di Angelo Balladori.
Casa Editrice Sonzogno - Milano. 1915. |
Italy, soldier, Italian soldier, Italian army, Italian Army, 1915 |
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Serbia's wartime capital, Niš or Nisch, was taken by Bulgarian forces on November 5, 1915 in the combined Central Power invasion and conquest of Serbia. The postcard portrait is of Bulgaria's Tsar Ferdinand beneath the Imperial Bulgarian flag, and shows street scenes in Nisch. |
Strasse u. Moschee in Nisch
Kirche in Nisch
Volksleben in Nisch
Erobert am 5. November 1915
Nisch
Street and Mosque in Nisch
Church in Nisch
People living in Nisch
Captured on 5 November 1915
Border of oak leaves
Logo, bottom left, illegible and "5383" |
Nisch, Nish, Ferdinand, Tsar Ferdinand, Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Ferdinand of Bulgaria, mosque, church, 1915, 1915-11-05, November, Serbia |
