Great War Weekly Picture 54
Hands Up!
Streetscene in Paris, 1915. The young Prisoner-Of-War wears a hat with a golden German eagle. He sure looks defeated. In that year however Germany was still far from a defeat.
In all belligerent countries boys played war until they were old enough to be slain in reality. The picture on the right shows an English boy dressed like a recruiting sergeant.
More on the aspect of boys and war : They Die Young: Kid Soldiers of the Great War.
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