Rayon Première Guerre mondiale
The animals : heroes of the Great War

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Format : Broché
Nb de pages : 33 pages
Poids : 140 g
Dimensions : 17cm X 24cm
ISBN : 978-2-8151-0454-8
EAN : 9782815104548

The animals

heroes of the Great War


Collection(s) | Collection 1914-1918
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Broché 33 pages
English translation Lorraine El Yabouri
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For centuries, men have taken in their wake animals on the battlefield. The Great War was not an exception to the rule. Even if, at the beginning of the 20th century, modernity was on the move - trucks, planes, tanks - it was not able to free itself from animal world.

It was a Total War where animals of all kinds each participated in their way to the war efforts. Horses, mules, dogs and carrier pigeons accomplished their missions as close to the fighters as possible and shared with them fear, suffering and death. Pets and mascots comforted and supported them ; oxen, sheep, pigs and poultry feed them ; rats, lice and flies harassed them.

« I use animals to teach men, » explained Jean de La Fontaine in the 17th century. The story of millions of animals thrown into the furnace is indeed revealing of the reality of the conflict : its harshness, its brutality, but also its absurdity, dramatically illustrated by the 10 million animals that lost their lives. Twenty million sacrifices counting human losses.

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