The Daily Postcard No. 21

Homage to the French Armed Forces, and in particular, the Aéronautique Militaire (Air Force).  Continue reading →

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A Little Light Reading

There are a few of you that I know of who are still around from the very early days of this website (and thank you so much), and, hopefully, a few more that I am maybe not aware of, but it did occur to me, with the Daily Postcards taking over the site for the moment – yes, there’ll be another in the morning – that even some of you long-timers may not have explored some of the early tours featured here.  So to make your life easy, ‘cos you’re a lazy lot, here are a few links that will take you to the first post in seven of the earlier tours, from which links at the end of each post will take you through the complete tour.  Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 20

We couldn’t really look at postcards of the Great War without including Old Bill, now could we?

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The Daily Postcard No. 19

Entente Cordiale indeed.  Four French cards coming up, different manufacturers, same sentiment. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 18

An unusual image from the Gallipoli campaign.  Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 17

Today’s card shows Belgian artillery ‘on guard’, the officer in the foreground looking somewhat rakish, I would hazard to say. Continue reading →

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The Daily Postcard No. 16

German infantry slaughtering attacking British cavalry, St. Quentin, 27th August 1914.  Continue reading →

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