Aber Bertha! Calais - Dover

Date

• ca. 1914-ca. 1918

Summary

• Humor at the enemy's expense has always bolstered a soldier's morale. And that a soldier's fears seem always to lighten with laughter is affirmed by the sheer quantity -- and variety -- of postcards which ridicule and caricature the enemy.
• "But Bertha!" reads the inscription on Card 101, as she crudely lets loose a volley of 42cm artillery against the English coast at Dover. The sun setting over England looks worried as the German fleet approaches.