ETYMOLOGIE DES WORTES POILU
From French, literally: hairy (that is, virile), from poil hair, from Latin pilus a hair.
10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «POILU» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
Entdecke den Gebrauch von
poilu in der folgenden bibliographischen Auswahl. Bücher, die mit
poilu im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
Ian Sumner expertly charts the history of the Poilu, from the conscription of hundreds of thousands of men, through their training, to the horrors of the trenches and the fear of no-man's land, providing a fascinating insight into the ...
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Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, ...
A French foot soldier offers a harrowing first-person account of four years in the trenches during the First World War.
The WWI Memoirs Collection captures the pride and fear of the war as experienced by combatants and non-combatants alike and provides historians, researchers and students extensive perspective on individual emotional responses to the war.
William Yorke Stevenson, 2009
Moored alongside a great two-storied pier with her bow to the land the cargo and passenger boat Rochambeau of the Compagnie Generale was being loaded with American supplies for the France of the Great War.
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World War i and the Cultures of Modernity
The first tells the story of a white poilu who arrives at the trenches, and is painted
black by a caricatured black soldier who assures the poilu that everyone at the
front goes through it. The next picture portrays the poilu as a black savage
rushing ...
Douglas Peter Mackaman Michael Mays
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The Flying
Poilu: A Story of Aerial Warfare
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Poilu: A Dog of Roubaix (1918)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
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The Upheaval of War: Family, Work and Welfare in Europe, ...
21 1 1): four scenes in which a poilu (the general term for the French soldier of
1914-18 cf. above note 1) explains to a young woman how to use different
weapons. 27 'The cook's specialities' (J.K. no. 2099): a number of scenes
exploiting the ...
Richard Wall, Jay Winter, 2005
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Le
Poilu Tel Qu'il Se Parle Dictionnaire Des Termes ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
10 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «POILU» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
poilu im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
The Franco-Swiss Absinthe Trail: A tour of the region where the …
... I peered inside a reconstruction of the secret room where infamous distiller Le Poilu made his liquor. He was later denounced, fled to Kenya ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Des parents lancent un cri du coeur après le suicide de leur …
En décembre 2010, l'adolescent écrivait qu'il voulait « arrêter de grossir » et « paraître moins poilu ». Sur Facebook, un ami d'Alexandre a écrit ... «Radio-Canada, Jul 15»
Theatre Voliere presents Consolation at Bridewell Theatre from 12 …
Writer Mick Wood's recent plays for Théâtre Volière have included 'Poilu and Tommy', 'The Turkey Carpet', 'Preverts Angels' and 'Wish You ... «London Theatre Guide - Online, Jun 15»
Verses forged in blood
He's become a strong presence in public discourse, for example at the 2008 funeral of the war's last living French poilu (infantryman), ... «Irish Times, Mai 15»
Like a rolling stone on the Riviera
We sip our pastis (in Ricard-branded glasses) at a small pavement table outside Gaga's Bar, rustic and small, in rue du Poilu. The clientele is ... «Budapest Times, Mai 15»
Officer, 52nd Light Infantry, 1813 in 54mm...
The third of the first releases from a 'sort of' new manufacturer, 'Poilu Miniatures'. Alex Williams is the man behind this new series of figures, ... «Military Modelling, Mär 15»
To the dictionary's class of 1914: happy birthday!
Poilu (n). In French, a brave man, from a root meaning “hairy” or “virile”; in English, a French soldier. Trench coat (n). Waterproof coat worn in ... «Boston Globe, Dez 14»
In France, Vestiges of the Great War's Bloody End
The finest of these, a life-size statue of a doughboy and French poilu shaking hands, has been removed from its pedestal, in the middle of the ... «New York Times, Dez 14»
Interview : Marko et ses Godillots, des tranchées au Spad XI …
Le ravitaillement des premières lignes, la roulante comme axe central de la vie du Poilu, voila le déclic. La roulante était aussi l'endroit où on ... «Ligne Claire, Dez 14»
World War I: The 1914 Christmas Truce
In January 1915, a French poilu commented as follows on letters he had found ... “We don't hate the Germans,” wrote a poilu in a letter that was ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Dez 14»
