‘After this war I don’t think that the line between nationalities will be as closely drawn as before; there has been so much association, and it’s already apparent that they influence each other. Even more so now that we Americans, too, are influencing the situation… The resulting reaction of the nationalities toward each other is going to make a very interesting study.’
Summer 1917, near Verdun, American ambulance driver’s diary - History of the American Field Service in France - Photo: “Are we all here? Yes? And if we’re all here, that’s all right”... WW1 Allies from left to right, Serb, Gurkha, British Tar (sailor), Belgian, Cossack (Russian), Highlander (Scottish), Frenchman, British Tommy (soldier), Japanese, Sikh and British Imperial (colonial). Mary Evans Picture Library
