Journee du Poilu 25 et 26 Decembre 1915', French World War I poster, 1915. A soldier prepares to throw a grenade. 'Poilu' was the nickname given to the French infantry soldier of the First World War, the equivalent of the British 'Tommy'. By the French artist Maurice Neumont.

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