🇵🇹 Portuguese illustration from #Portugal na Guerra magazine, which was published from 1917-1918 to “document the Portuguese military intervention in the greatest conflagration in the history of mankind” 
The illustration shows soldiers of the #Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP), which fought on the Western Front from 1916 until the end of the war
Portugal was initially neutral, though skirmishes with German forces took place in Africa.
In 1916 the Portuguese seized several merchant ships belonging to the Central Powers, which finally led to a formal declaration of war.
In 1916 the Portuguese seized several merchant ships belonging to the Central Powers, which finally led to a formal declaration of war.
The CEP was formed not long after, as was Portugal na Guerra magazine
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