Czechoslovak Legion WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The Czechoslovak Legion (Czech: Československé legie; Slovak: Československé légie) were volunteer armed forces consisting predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting on the side of the Entente powers during World War I and the White Army during the Russian Civil War until November 1919. (Wikipedia)
Czechoslovak Legion WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Czechoslovak Legion in France:
1914-18 Plague him, plague him! A pestilence upon him!
1914-18 For our Liberty! Forward with the Czechoslovak Army!
1914-18 Slovakia is rising, tearing down its fetters!
1914-18 To arms! ye worthy sons of your race!
1914-18 God’s thunderbolts and heroes ‘ bullets to punish injustice!
1914-18 Ye-ah! At the Assassins! Hurrah for Democracy!
1914-18 For our Independence with our Czechoslovak Army
1914-18 Ye Warriors of God. Chechoslovak Army in France
1914-18 Arise ye Czech Falcons. The country calls! Prepare to act!
1914-18 Fall in rank! Brother join your brothers here! All ye who bear the name of Slovak!
1914-18 Fatherland, oh Fatherland! To conquer or die!
1914-18 Forward! Forward! Backward not a step!
1914-18 Seize arms and join our ranks, all ye of Czechoslovak birth!
1914-18 Brother in America! ‘Why don’t you join our army!
Australia WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: Following Britain’s declaration of war on Germany on 4 August 1914, Australia and the other members of the British Empire became automatically involved, with Prime Minister Joseph Cook stating on 5 August 1914 that “…when the Empire is at war, so also is Australia.” Given the predominantly British heritage of most Australians at the time, there was considerable support from all corners of the country and large numbers of young Australian men reported to recruiting centres around the country to enlist in the following months. (Wikipedia)
Hungary WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: After the Assassination in Sarajevo, the Hungarian prime minister István Tisza and his cabinet, the only one in Europe to do so, tried to avoid the outbreak and escalating of a war in Europe, but their diplomatic efforts were unsuccessful.
Austria–Hungary drafted 9 million (fighting forces: 7.8 million) soldiers in World War I (over 4 million from the Kingdom of Hungary) on the side of Germany,Bulgaria and Turkey.
Austria-Hungary signed a general armistice in Padua on 3 November 1918. In October 1918, Hungary’s union with Austria was dissolved. (Wikipedia)
Hungary WW1 Propaganda Collection:
1915 God Damn Italy!
1915 We must win and we will win!
1915 Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and sorrow!
Bulgaria WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 15 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until 29 September 1918, when the Armistice of Thessalonica was signed. (Wikipedia)
Austria WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The Austrian Empire (German: Kaisertum Österreich) was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today’s Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary’s status within the Austrian Empire as a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867 to 1918) was itself dissolved by the victors at the end of World War I and broken into separate new states. (Wikipedia)
Austria WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
Fighting and Morale:
1914-18 Enemies all around
1915 End of Serbia
1915 United Forces
1915 God Damn Italy!
1915 Get lost, troublemaker!
1915 We must win and we will win!
1915 Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and sorrow!
1915 Austrian postcard showing Wilhelm, Mehmed and Franz Joseph with their flags
Ottoman Empire WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The Young Turk government had signed a secret treaty with Germany and established the Ottoman-German Alliance in August 1914, aimed against the common Russian enemy but aligning the Empire with the German side. (Wikipedia)
Ottoman Empire WW1 Propaganda Collection:
1915 United Forces
1915 God Damn Italy!
1915 Austrian postcard showing Wilhelm, Mehmed and Franz Joseph with their flags
Russia WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: Tsar Nicholas II and his subjects entered World War I with enthusiasm and patriotism, with the defence of Russia’s fellow Orthodox Slavs, the Serbs, as the main battle cry. In August 1914, the Russian army invaded Germany’s province of East Prussia and occupied a significant portion of Austrian-controlled Galicia in support of the Serbs and their allies the French and British. Military reversals and shortages among the civilian population, however, soon soured much of the population.
On March 3, 1917, a strike was organized on a factory in the capital Saint Petersburg; within a week nearly all the workers in the city were idle, and street fighting broke out.
The strikers held mass meetings in defiance of the regime, and the army openly sided with the workers. A few days later a provisional government headed by Georgy Lvov was named by the Duma. Meanwhile, the socialists in Saint Petersburg had formed a Soviet (council) of workers’ and soldiers’ deputies, forming an uneasy alliance with the Provisional Government. With his authority destroyed, Nicholas abdicated on 2 March 1917 (Julian Calendar; the Gregorian date was 15 March). He and his family were subsequently murdered by Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. (Wikipedia)
Russia WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Fighting and Morale:
1914 European Thieves. Caught Red
1914 In the glorious forest of Augustov, there are thousands of beaten Germans for you…
1914 Lviv was driven away from the Austrians by the Russians
1914 Oh and menacing, oh and strong. A fat Ferman was marching towards. Yes in the battle of Ossovets Vilna, He was shorn like a sheep
1914 The Austrians near the Carpathian Mountains raised their good mother. They Changed the whole of Galicia. I am making fool of Shaika
1914 The Austrian walked to Radzivil but ended up to a woman’s pitchfork
1914 Please see Napoleon. This is what I’m dying of
1914 Cossack hero Kozma Kryuchkov
1914 The first George Knight Kuzma Kryuchkov
1914 Valiant battle with the Germans by Cossack cavalry
1914 Our Heroes Cossacks
1914 War Between Russia and Germany. Heroic Feat Of The Cossack Kozma Kryuchkov
1914 Russian battle with the Germans on a tributary of the Vistula River
1914 European War. Heroic feat of the Kuban Cossacks
1914 German Convoy Captured By Cossacks
1914 Russia and its warrior
1914 On A Tow
1914 The Mess Is Rising To Tsargrad
1914 Russia Is For The Truth
1914 Holy War. ‘Mighty Rus’
1914 Wilhelm’s Relation. The Cossack is about to gallop! Wilhelms cry is heard…
1914 Franz listened to Wilhelm. The bear was right there and Wilhelm let him down
1914 War in the Air
1914-16 About Turkish Cowardness And About Youth’s Promotion
1914-16 Allied Airplanes appeared over Krupp cannon factories
1914-16 Cossack’s Promotion
1914-16 How The Turk Were Buried By People
1914-16 Military Caricatures, Oh, If I Climbed To The Top, Everything Would Be Ours!
1914-16 Oh, You!.. Mobilized!..
1914-16 Retreat Of The Germans From Verzhbolov And Lyk
1914-16 ‘A Pair Of Nests’
1914-16 Three-story focus
1914-16 Where are you going, where are you going
1914-16 The attack on Krakow
1914-16 Atrocities of the Turks and Kurds
1914-16 Attack in the Adriatic Sea
1914-16 Attack on Erzurum
1914-16 Battle near Sarakamysh
1914-16 Battle of Ardahan
1914-16 Battle of Krakow. Storm of Bokhnia
1914-16 Battle of Sarakamish
1914-16 Capture of Bayazet
1914-16 Capture of Hopa
1914-16 Capture of Kepri Cay
1914-16 Capture of the Turkish city of Bayazet by Russian troops
1914-16 Capture of the Turkish fortress Kepri-Key
1914-16 Defeat of the Turks at Sarakamysh
1914-16 Defeat Of The Turks On The Erzerum Fron
1914-16 Fight between ‘Saint Eustathius’ and ‘Goeben’
1914-16 Fight with the Turks
1914-16 Great European War – Capture of Ardahan
1914-16 On the banks of Vistula river
1914-16 Russian-Turkish war. The defeat of the Turkish army near Sarakamysh
1914-16 Russia’s war with Germany and Austria
1914-16 Russia’s war with Germany and Austria. Battle on the San River
1914-16 Russia’s War With The Turks. Sinking Of 4 Turkish Transports
1914-16 Russia’s war with Turkey
1914-16 Russia’s War With Turks. Meeting Of Russian And Turkish Squadron At The Black Sea
1914-16 The defeat of Turkish troops near Bayazet
1914-16 The Great European War. Entry of Russian troops into Turkey. Capture of Bayazet
1914-16 The Great European War. Kazakon
1914-16 Turks storm Russian positions on the Keprikey Heights
1914-16 War between Russia and Turkey. Battle at Sarakamysh
1914-16 War between Russia and Turkey. Battle of Ardahan
1914-16 War between Russia and Turkey. Victory at Sarakamysh – The Turkish corps was captured
1914-16 War with the Turks in Transcaucasia
1914-16 War with Turkey. Attack on Erzurum
1914-16 War With Turkey. Attack On Sarikamys
1915 William’s Cattles
1915 Great European Warrior. The Great Fight Of The Russian Bogatyr (Hero) With The German Snake
Allies:
1914-16 Heroic defense of the fortress of Liege by the Belgians
Health and Safety:
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1914 Help poor children. Buy a Red egg on the 28th of March
1914 Help the victims of war
1916 5 1/2 % War Loan. Your Participation Will Bring New Strength To Our Valiant Troops
1916 Everything For The War! Subscribe For 5 1/2 % War Loan
1916 Everything For Victory! Subscribe To Military 5 1/2 % Loan
1916 Hurry To Buy! Military 5 1/2 % Loan To Overcome The Enemy
1916 Military 5 1/2 % Loan. Our valiant army, shedding blood for its homeland, sacredly fulfills its duty
1916 Patriotic and profitable! Buy Military 5 1/2 % Loan
1916 Subscribe to Military 5 1/2 % Loan. Pave The Way To Victory
1916 Subsribe to Military 5 1/2 % Loan. The More Money The More Shells!
1917 The Loan of Freedom
1917 Freedom Loan. War to Victory
Home Front:
1914 Only The Red Cross Works At The Forefront
1915 Buy Snowdrop. Collection for the benefit ot immature children in the shelter
1915 Have Pity For The Unsheltered! Buy Red Egg. Your money will go to the charity of the homeless orphans of the military corps
1915 Moscow To The Captured Russian Warriors
1916 Hep The Disabled Warriors!
1916 The Green Spider
1917 The Sun Of FreeDom Has Risen. Don’t Let It Go Out
Russia WW1 Military Art Collection:
Imperial Russian protected cruiser Askold by Gleb Vasilyev
Great Britain WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The United Kingdom was one of the Allied Powers during World War I (1914–1918), and developed as a nation throughout the war in order to further its goal of defeating the Central Powers (the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria). The country’s armed forces were reorganised—the war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force, for example—and increased in size because of the introduction of forced conscription for the first time in the country’s history. At the outbreak of war, patriotic feelings spread throughout the country, and it has been argued that many of the class barriers of Edwardian England were diminished during the period. (Wikipedia)
Great Britain WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1914 Britons ‘Wants You’. Join Your Country’s Army! God Save The King
1915 Irishmen. Avenge The Lusitania. Join An Irish Regiment Today
1915 Britain Needs You At Once
1915 Step Into Your Place
1915 Will You Make A Fourth?
1915 Daddy, what did You do in the Great War?
1916 Army Reserve (Military Service Act, 1916)
1918 Queen Mary’s Army Auxilliary Corps. Enrol To-Day
Fighting and Morale:
1915 Take Up The Sword Of Justice
1916 A Zeppelin Raider
Allies:
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Finance:
1914 The ‘Weekly Dispatch’ Tobacco Fund. ‘Arf A ‘Mo’ Kaiser!’
1915 National Fund for The Welsh Troops. Grand Matinee. St. David’s Bay at the Alhambra
1915 Lend Your Five Shillings To Your Country And Crush The Germans
1917 Don’t Waste Bread! Save Two Slices Every Day and Defeat the ‘U’ Boat
1918 feed the guns with War Bonds and help to end the war
1918 National War Savings Committee. Southwark’s Aeroplane Week
1918 Put Strength In The Final Blow. Buy War Bonds
Health and Safety:
YMCA:
Red Cross:
1918 Hold up your end. Red Cross
Home Front:
1914 Dunlop Cycle Tyres. ‘Only me and Dumlops left’
Great Britain WW1 Military Art Collection:
1914 Ships of the British Navy
1914 Testing a tank by S. Begg
1916 Artillery strike on German troop locations
1918 A British mortar crew fires at enemies during the Battle of the Somme by Charles de Grineau
1918 Air battle of a British airplane with German fighters by Simpson
1918 Attack of British airplanes on the marching formations of German troops by Charles de Grineau
1918 British amphibious raid on Zeebrugge in Belgium by S. Begg
1918 British artillery fires volleys at German positions
1918 British pilots defeat German ones
1918 British soldiers rise to counterattack against the advancing Germans by Charles Woodville
1918 In hand-to-hand combat by F. Ch. Baude
Children’s book: The Great War:
1917 Cover of the book ‘The Great War’
1917 English and French soldiers in military uniform and with weapons
1917 Military airplanes and airships
1917 Tanks and tractors
1917 Bombs and grenades
1917 Ambulance vehicle and wounded soldiers
1917 Women in the army
1917 Military personnel of the armies of the Entente countries and their allies
1917 British Army personnel from the metropolis and its colonial possessions
1917 Flags of the Entente countries and their allies
Germany WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: Following the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke of Austria-Este, Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian Serbs, the Kaiser offered Emperor Franz Joseph full support for Austro-Hungarian plans to invade the Kingdom of Serbia, which Austria-Hungary blamed for the assassination. Germany began the war by targeting its chief rival, France. (Wikipedia)
Germany WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1918 Your fatherland is in danger. Report! G.Kav. Schützen Div
Fighting and Morale:
1914 Deutschland – August 1914
1914 Victory Sun in the East, V. Hindenburg
1914 I no longer know any parties, I only know Germans. Wilhelm I.R
1914 Capture of Liège
1914 I no longer know any parties
1914 Only over my dead body will your path go ‘Colossus’
1914 Hindenburg and Ludendorff
1914 Through struggle to victory
1914-18 Enemies all around
1915 End of Serbia
1915 United Forces
1915 We must win and we will win!
1915 Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and sorrow!
1915 4 Bremen Soldiers’ Homes Behind the Front
1915 Humanity
1915 Austrian postcard showing Wilhelm, Mehmed and Franz Joseph with their flags
1916 Raise the flags!
1916 We will hold out!
1916 Good books – good comrades
1917 Alliance Loyalty
1917 Submarines Out!
1917 With Our Blue Jackets
1917 With our heroes on the Somme
1917 U-boat action in the Mediterranean
1918 Heroes from the front! Greetings from home! Welcome!
Anti Enemy:
1914-18 This is how it must be. The ‘Cripple Entente’
1914 Russian border guards. ‘Dimitri’ I have an excellent war plan. If I throw away my gun, I run, I’ll get good food!
1915 God Damn Italy!
Production:
1918 Through work to victory! Through victory to peace!
Finance:
1914 Red Cross Collection 1914
1916 Altona’s Sacrifice Day
1917 Give for the submarine donation
1917 Support our military pride, tear down England’s power – Subscribe to war bonds
1917 Subscribe to war bonds. Times are hard, but victory is certain
1917 Help us win! Subscribe to the war bond
1918 The 9th Arrow: Subscribe to war bonds
1918 The last blow is the 8th war loan
1918 And you? Subscribe to war bonds
Home Front:
1917 German Air War Loot Exhibition
1918 Women and girls! Collect women’s hair!
Germany WW1 Military Art Collection:
1916 Hindenburg and Ludendorff
1916 Attack of German troops on the positions of the British army during the Battle of the Somme River
1916 During an air battle between German pilots and British pilots
Canada WW1 Propaganda and Military Art Collection: The military history of Canada during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada’s legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in the hands of the British parliament. (Wikipedia)
Canada WW1 Propaganda Collection:
Recruiting:
1914-16 Now – Recruiting – At 197 – Peel – St. Montreal
1914-18 ‘Faith, There’s No Wan Could Be Bolder’ Come on Boys! Coin The Irish Canadian Rangers
1914-18 The Navy Wants Men. The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
1915 French Canadians. Come with us to the 150th C.M.R Battalion. Helping the victory of the Gallic rooster over the Prussian eagle
1915 ‘Thrust’ All Obstacles Aside! and join the 221st Overseas Battalion
Fighting and Morale:
Health and Safety:
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1914-18 Canada’s Grain Cannot Be Sold Unless You Buy Victory Bonds
1914-18 ‘When I grow up I’m goin’ to belong to the Circus… Buy Thrift Stamps
1914 Our Export Trade Is Vital. Buy Victory Bonds
1917 Canada’s Weak Spot. Are You Satisfied?
1917 Have You Bought Your Victory Bonds
1917 He Is Wise – If He Could He Would – Buy Thrift Stamps
1917 Hold up your end! Red Cross July 8th to 15th. Nova Scotia’s Appeal $250.000.00
1918 Keep All Canadians Busy. Buy 1918 Victory Bonds
1918 ‘$5 For $4’ Make Your Dollars Grow. Buy War Savings Stamps
1918 All Canada your Security. Victory Bonds
1918 Come On! Let’s finish the Job. Buy Victory Bonds
1918 Every Dollar Spent In Canada. Victory Loan. Prosperity
1918 Help Canada Secure Business in Foreign Markets. Buy War Savings Stamps
1918 Help The Red Cross Save Our Boys. Red Cross War Fund. Nova Scotia’s Appeal $250.000
1918 Increase Your Income. Why be satisfied with Less when You can obtain 5 1/2% in Victory Bonds
Home Front:
1917 ‘We are saving you. You save Food’ Well fed Soldiers Will Win the War
1918 Be Patriotic sign your country’s pledge to save the food
