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Steinlen's 'crucified Serbia'

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A little bit of history
On October 7th 1915, exactly a hundred years before the date of this post, the Central Powers invaded Serbia. Earlier, during the first months of the Great War, Serbia had succeeded to push back a first attempt by the Austro-Hungarian armies to conquer the country.
It should be reminded that the war had escalated from a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, after the assassination of the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his...

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