BOOK - by N. Paré and J.B. Milliard, La Nouvelle... Lot 947

BOOK - by N. Paré and J.B. Milliard, La Nouvelle République editions 1987. LA CARTE POSTALE DU SOLDAT DE 1913 à 1919. This book bears witness, through illustrated period postcards, to the life of the soldier during this terrible 1st world conflict -100 years ago now-. Pre-war military life, the arrival of the conscript. The soldier's day: waking up, soup, chores, training, mail, leave, camps, maneuvers. The gendarmerie, the health service - War, mobilization. Ammunition, the General Staff, departure for the front, our brothers in arms, the Allies, the engagement of forces, the trenches, life at the front, the heroes, the battle, leisure at the front, the mail, the dead and the rubble, life at the rear, the battle on the German side... 28 x 21 cm - 176 pages.