On les aura – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of On les aura. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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On les aura
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The title, roughly "We'll get them," is a French battle cry from 1916, the year the German assault on Verdun dragged on for months and became a symbol of French endurance. Slogans like this were printed on posters, postcards and illustrations that carried morale-building messages to a home front living with long casualty lists. Read in that light, the picture seems less a record of combat than an effort to turn grief and fatigue into resolve. Its wording is worth noticing, since it addresses the nation as a collective "we" rather than any single soldier.
| Created / published | 1916 |
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| Original scan | 2,803 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1578_On_les_aura_1916 |
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