'Humorous' German cartoons of life on the frontline in World War I are unearthed (and no, they're not funny) | Mail Online:
A fascinating collection of cartoon paintings of German soldiers on the Western Front has been discovered - and shows a little-known humourous side to the Kaiser's war machine.The images were drawn between 1914 and 1916 at the Somme and were for a senior German officer with a sense of humour.The caricatures poke fun at the officer class and a strange recurring theme is the supplying of toilet rolls to soldiers.
Check the comments for explanations on the toilet paper. Also a question about why so many very tall soldiers, and I can only speculate it's connected to William the Great's preference for very tall
Guardsmen.
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