1917 cartoon depicting a French soldier saluting a barrel of Father Pinard.
At the height of WWI, the French Army consumed 1,983,783 liters of wine per day.
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Steam pinnaces towing wine for the French troops at the Dardanelles to transport ships, 1915.
Steam pinnaces towing wine for the French troops at the Dardanelles to transport ships, 1915.
Pinard is a French term for wine (particularly red wine), popularized as the label for the ration of wine issued to French troops during the First World War.
Pinard is a French term for wine (particularly red wine), popularized as the label for the ration of wine issued to French troops during the First World War.
Intendance Militaire of the French Corps Expeditionnaire d’Orient at the Dardanelles c.1915 in the Gallipoli campaign.
Note the booze.
Intendance Militaire of the French Corps Expeditionnaire d’Orient at the Dardanelles c.1915 in the Gallipoli campaign.
Note the booze.
French soldiers filling their canteens from water barrels on the Champagne front, May 1916.