Europe
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Without mercy (Belgian illustration, 1916)
Text: Without mercy. Year: 1916 Publisher: NA. Artist: Gisbert Combaz. Additional information: Drawn by Belgian artist Gisbert Combaz, a prominent and prolific illustrator during the war who produced many posters, postcards, newspaper cartoons and more. This illustration refers to the torpedoing of the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, which killed…
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Preparations for the 25th Battle of the Isonzo (Austrian illustration, 1917)
Text: Preparations for the 25th Battle of the Isonzo. New, tremendous guns are under construction in the Terni factory which can shoot a hundred kilometres. They were designed by Gabriele d’Annunzio Year: 11 October 1917 Publisher: Die Muskete magazine Artist: Josef V. Divéky Additional Information: Austrian illustration from the First World War mocking the Italians…
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The first task is to win the war (Spanish poster, 1936)
Text: The first task is to win the war. Year: 1936. Publisher: Madrid Defence Council. Artist: Kantos.Additional information: Spanish poster from the Spanish Civil War showing five hands holding up their bayonets against Republican flags. Clockwise from top left, the flags appear to be those of the anarchist CNT-FAI, the Communists, the Unified Socialist Youth…
