Tomorrow is the 106th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme to relieve the French at Verdun.

In a single day it's the biggest loss of life in British history with 19,240 dead & 57,470 casualties.

You had a 50% chance of being killed or a casualty when you went "over the top."

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'The First Animals' by Franz Marc, painted in 1913, 3 years before he was killed at the Battle of Verdun.

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Hooten morgen!
I am Alicia Verdun.

The intricacies of my lore may yet to be uncovered, but for now I am comfortable with telling you that I am an owl-librarian guarding a library of infinite knowledge.

https://t.co/NwuYOnhV0z

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A new watercolor illustration for my Manga "Sometimesshe's the Light" with Juni, Sho and Verdun.
You can preorder volume 1 & volume 2 in eng and volume 2 in german.
🛍https://t.co/wf0nhpqPDi

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One of my favorite war from the was Ernest Gabard. Gabard was from Pau, and served with the 270e R.I. in the and at Most of his works were done on postcards from the to send home. If you haven't seen his work check it out!

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Initiation à la peinture fluo et lumière noire à des lycéens de Verdun. Basé sur les collages que je réalise sur les panneaux d'affichage. On s'amuse !

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"Verdun" 1917...Oil on canvas by (Swiss/French,1865-1925)...#Swiss born painter.

WWI..

Painting of the battle of

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Un petit bricolage maison pour le dernier bébé des copains de Verdun.
Sortie le 25 novembre, chez et
Vos oreilles vont vous remercier.

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Franz Marc's (1880-1916) foxes from the early 1910s, painted only a few years before he was killed at the Battle of Verdun. "Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life."

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This sketch was inspired by latest piece, the demon-slaying Lady Annora. It made me envisage a nidean similarly posed above his latest kill, and I had to paint it; it turns out that this is Verdun. So big shout out to blake for painting something so badass!

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New pencil drawing of Verdun. He's the antragonist of my Manga. You can get the Original drawing at my Store

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