Albert Hahn Cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II

NEAR VERDUN
"How far have we advanced, my boy?"
"So far as you can see corpses, father"

Kaiser Wilhelm visits the front at Verdun, where his son, the crownprince, is commander-in-chief of the German forces.

Albert Hahn, 1916

Political Satire and the Cost of Verdun

Albert Hahn’s 1916 cartoon uses Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Crown Prince to criticize the human cost of the fighting near Verdun. The image turns military advance into a grim landscape of corpses, making it a strong example of anti-war political commentary.