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First Day on the Somme


by Martin Middlebrook

Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right. Text: Schulter an Schulter Untrennbar vereint in Freud und in Leid!' Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and in sorrow!

Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1972

Copyright: 1972 by Martin Middlebrook