Main
1900-1914 Beginning of 1900’s
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War
1914-1918 World War I
1917-1923 Russian Civil War
1918 Finnish Civil War
1918-1939 Interwar Period
1919-1921 Polish Soviet War
1936-1939 Spanish Civil War
1939-1945 World War II
1945-1991 Cold War
1950-1953 Korean War
1955-1975 Vietnam War
1979-1989 Soviet-Afghanistan War
1990-1991 Gulf War
1991–present Modern Era
1998-1999 Kosovo War
2001-2021 War in Afghanistan
Aircraft
Airlines
Alcohol
Automotive
Boating
Bus Transport
Cars
Maritime Transport
Motorcycles
Motorsport
Petroleum
Railroad
Smoking
Soft Drinks
Sports
Tires
Tractors
Trains
Travel
Terms and Conditions

1915 The Prussian Octopus

Poster, ‘The Prussian Octopus’, circa 1915, United Kingdom, by H. & C. Graham Ltd. Gift of Department of Defence, 1919. Te Papa (GH016570)

Manage Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options
Manage services
Manage {vendor_count} vendors
Read more about these purposes

View preferences

{title}
{title}
{title}

Main
1900-1914 Beginning of 1900’s
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War
1914-1918 World War I
1917-1923 Russian Civil War
1918 Finnish Civil War
1918-1939 Interwar Period
1919-1921 Polish Soviet War
1936-1939 Spanish Civil War
1939-1945 World War II
1945-1991 Cold War
1950-1953 Korean War
1955-1975 Vietnam War
1979-1989 Soviet-Afghanistan War
1990-1991 Gulf War
1991–present Modern Era
1998-1999 Kosovo War
2001-2021 War in Afghanistan
Aircraft
Airlines
Alcohol
Automotive
Boating
Bus Transport
Cars
Maritime Transport
Motorcycles
Motorsport
Petroleum
Railroad
Smoking
Soft Drinks
Sports
Tires
Tractors
Trains
Travel
Terms and Conditions