1915 France WW I Delandre Anti-German Propaganda Stamp German Atrocities Series

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1915

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1915 France WW I Delandre Anti-German Propaganda Poster Stamp War Of 1914 German Atrocities Series August 19, 1914. German Troops Entered Aerschot In The Morning; No Belgian Forces Remained There. One Hundred Eighty Inhabitants, Including Many Children, Were Executed. The Greater Part Of The Town Was Destroyed. MNH

Event Commemorated: This Stamp Documents The Aerschot Massacre, One Of The Most Notorious German Atrocities Committed During The Initial Invasion Of Belgium. The Deliberate Killing Of Civilians And Widespread Destruction Were Meant To Serve As Collective Punishment. The Event Was Heavily Used In Allied Propaganda And Deeply Shocked The Belgian Public And International Observers. This Label Highlights The Human Cost Of Germany’s harsh occupation policy and reinforces the larger themes of civilian suffering.

This is part of a series of Belgian or French poster stamps printed between 1915 and 1916, often called “Crimes of the German Army” series or simply “Guerre de 1914” series. These were produced as wartime propaganda tools, designed to rally Allied sympathy and support for Belgian suffering under German occupation. Chat GPT

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