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A large number of animals were used by the belligerents during the First World War, mainly equines for transport and cavalry, dogs for transport  and the transmission of messages , as well as racing pigeons. In a Europe still largely peasant, soldiers and officers will live during these years of war largely in the middle of the animals which will be victims in number of the conflict. More than 11 million horses, donkeys and mules will be killed during the war .

Si le souvenir de cet apport animal est très vivace juste après le conflit1, il va s'estomper dès les années 1930, l'image d'une guerre largement mécanisée s'imposant1 avec les taxis de la Marne, l'apparition des tanks et des avions.

If the memory of this animal contribution is very lively just after the conflict, it will fade as early as the 1930s, the image of a largely mechanized warfare imposing with the taxis of the Marne, the appearance of tanks and planes, etc . Maurice Genevoix sometimes evokes animals .

voila ;)