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Le Courrier De L'Air
Le Courrier de l'Air was a French-language propaganda newspaper distributed as a leaflet during the First World War. It was printed in London and dropped from hydrogen-filled, free-floating paper balloons on the Western Front over France and Belgium. The newspaper was the product of a division of the British Military Intelligence Service, known as MI7b. The first issue appeared on April 6, 1917. A propaganda magazine of the same name was also used by the British side against Germany during the Second World War. The aim of the newspaper was to provide the residents of the occupied territories with accurate information about the course of the war from an Allied perspective. In addition, texts were printed from documents that had been suppressed by the German side because they would have left a negative impression, such as reports of German defeats and losses. This was also intended to indoctrinate German front line soldiers. The average number of copies of the newspaper deliver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Courrier may refer to: *''Courrier International'', a Paris-based French weekly newspaper *''Courrier des États-Unis'', a French language newspaper published by French immigrants in New York *''Courrier d'Ethiopie'', a French language weekly newspaper published in Addis Ababa during 1913-1936 See also *Courier (other) *Courrier sud (other) *Courrière, a village in the municipality of Assesse in the province of Namur, Belgium *Courrières Courrières () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and D ..., a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France [Baidu] |
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World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
