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Von der Goltz Pacha et le bec-de-gaz d'Erzeroem
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Turkey--Erzurum |
| Description | World War I cartoon shows a Russian soldier blocking a German traveler and hitting him in the nose with the butt of his rifle. The German drops his valise labeled "a Bagdad via Erzeroem." In January 1916, a Russian army took the town of Erzurum from the Turks, thus blocking German efforts to build a railway from Istanbul to Baghdad. Marshal Colmar von der Goltz, chief of the German military mission in Turkey, was especially enthusiastic about the need for the railway. Raemaekers was a Dutch cartoonist whose cartoons attacking the Central Powers infuriated the Germans. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Soldiers--Russian--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns & battles--Russian--Turkey--Erzurum. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Goltz, Colmar,--Freiherr von der,--1843-1916. |
| Alternative Title | Orient express |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
