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Poilu (/ˈpwɑːluː/; French: [pwaly]) is an
informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th
century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the
hairy one...
- (10
September 2001). "Le
dernier poilu s'est éteint". La Dernière Heure.
Retrieved 2 May 2016. "Adieu au
dernier poilu belge". La Dernière Heure. 19 September...
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French Poilus posing with
their war-torn flag in 1917,
during World War I...
- Mont des
Poilus is a 3,161-metre (10,371-foot)
mountain summit located in Yoho
National Park, in the
Canadian Rockies of
British Columbia, Canada. Its...
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First World War. The term
became wrapped up in the
public conception of the
poilu ("hairy one", the
typical French foot soldier) and his
beloved pinard, joined...
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slang Slouch hat
Gunnie Pat
Hanna –
Creator of Pat Hanna's
Diggers Doughboy Poilu Mehmetçik (soldier) –
Turkish slang for a
common soldier Citations Dennis...
- "heartland" values. The
brand was ****ociated with the cigarette-smoking
poilu (a
slang term for the
French infantryman in the trenches) and the resistance...
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Flivver in 1917, sta**** on in
France after militarization, and
composed From "
Poilu" to "Yank" in 1918.
Robert Imbrie published Behind the
Wheel of a War Ambulance...
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during the
Gallipoli Campaign of
World War I.
Respect to Mehmetçik
Monument Poilu Johnny Turk
David Nicole, (Illustrated by
Christa Hook),
Ottoman Infantryman...
- Punch's view of
Wilde as a
poilu, when he
threatened to take
French citizenship over the ban on
Salome in Britain...
