Thread by @JLPhpp

4 covers of "Le Petit Journal" dedicated to #Serbia in WW1. (1/2).
Courtesy of imgur.com/a/TuDPC, found on a Tweet that I cannot find again, hence RT.

4 more covers of "Le Petit Journal" dedicated to #Serbia in WW1. (2/2).
Courtesy of imgur.com/a/TuDPC, found on a Tweet that I cannot find again, hence RT.

3. These 8 covers show pro-Serbian feeling & encouragements pushed in #Paris during #WW1.
At the time, #France was trying to obtain the establishment of a #Balkan front in order to help #Serbia, pincer #Quadruplice & alleviate Western front.
80,000 French died there.
And we won..

4. @EmmanuelMacron you should not forget it.
The war our ancestors fought w/ their Serbian bothers led to the victory of #France & #Serbia, a created a bond which should have never been betrayed for the sake of our former enemies.
Serbia answered our call in 1941.
It's our turn..

5. Now #Kosovo & Metohija are occupied by #NATO armies for the sake of #Albanians, proxies of #Germany, & vs #Serbia, betrayed ally of #France.
Our State recognized an Albanian Kosovo & our troops are not even there to do their duty & protect #Serbs.
We must terminate this farce.

6. Many #Serbs are willing to give #France a 2nd chance to recover its honor & partners in the #Balkans, but that will not come cheaply.
@EmmanuelMacron, for France's sake, we must unrecognize #Kosovo and cease support to #Milo in #Montenegro & to #Sarajevo vs #RepublikaSrpska.🙏

7. Also, #France would be well inspired to bar #Croatia from the Eurozone & Schengen as long as Zagreb doesn't grant an autonomy to the #Krajina according to the defunct Z4 plan.
The cleansing of the Serbs of #Kosmet & Krajina are 2 stains to be wiped of our #History & #Legacy.🧐

8. Because I started w/ covers before drifting on what #France should do for #Serbia & why, then saw some folks glad to grab them, let's go back on our pics.
Here are 3 #French covers made for #Vidovdan 1916, labelled "The #Serbian Day" to justify French war effort in #Balkans.💪

9. Musical interlude.
While I'm browsing my documents, here's the song passing on my play list, & I love it !🥁🎵🎸🎶🎙️
Artist : Ritam Nereda
Title : Protiv Svih (Against all)
Genre : Rock.
Year : 2010s.. 🤓
#Serbiansongs #Serbianmusic

10. Back to posters, here are 4 in #English.
The 1st is like those in #France for #Vidovdan 1916 but for #Serbian Relief Committee of #America, 2nd is for #Kosovo Day Committee in UK (Look, people knew their History back then!), the 2 last for the post-war UK Serbian Relief Fund.

11. Back to #France there were public displays calling #Serbs "brothers & sisters" w/ the highest authorities approval in #WW1.
Series of thousands of medals, pins & insignia were smelted to be gifted or sold to the profit of #Serbia.
This fraternity movement was so strong that..

12. ..there was no difference made between #French & #Serbian soldiers/people in the way they were honored in #France.
French & Serbian collections were printed/smelted/advertised & sold together.🤝
French flags were ribbons for Serbian tokens.🪢
We were 2 bodies, but one soul!🙏

13. One of the 8 first "#LePetitJournal" covers was scratched, here's a proper replacement!
Plus 3 more, including about 1908 & 1912.🖼️
It's hard to find good resolution for some, I'll upload what I find.😇
There's lots of material from #France dedicated to #Serbia.
More to come!

14. Correction of Tweet 13., w/ higher resolution cover of #LePetitJournal for the Serbian cavalry regiment mutiny.👍
This is all for today!
But I have more in stock, & I need to sort everything to deliver it in order.
To be continued then..🍻
Živela #Srbija, & vive la #France!🤝

15. Dobar dan!
Here comes a series of #LePetitJournal covers about Petar #Karađorđević, king of #Serbia:
-2 from 1903 (around the Coup)
-One from 1911 (#France honors him for participating to Franco-Prussian war)
-One from 1913 (Petar is breaking bread per☦️tradition)
Izvolite!📬

16. Here are 2 #LePetitJournal covers about #CrnaGora (#Montenegro).
-The Kiss of the King to the dead & wounded (1912)
-A Montenegrin officer fighting vs a Turk (1912)
Aparte: now, #Milo #Đukanović is ruling thanks to #Muslims & buying weapons from #Turkey.🤦‍♂️
Vote to oust him!🧹

17. #Montenegrin heroism was regularly celebrated in Le Petit Journal along #Serbian one, both being the 2 faces of a same coin anyway!
Women were honored for their help to their men.🙏
And #France's position about #Skadar was clear: #Montenegro earned it in the 1st #BalkanWar.💪

18. Two more covers by #LePetitJournal showing:
- #Bulgarians & #Serbs (who turned the tide to victory😉) obtaining #Ottomans' surrender in April 1913 in #Adrianople.🏆
- Serbs discovering the massacres perpetrated by #Bulgaria vs civilians in #Serbia during the 2nd #BalkanWar.🤯

19. Here's an external contribution to this thread of #French covers dedicated to #Serbia !
Thanks, @LambrosAleX ! 🇫🇷👍🙏💪🇷🇸

https://twitter.com/LambrosAleX/status/1297896362542010369?s=20

20. Dobar dan !
More covers & pics of #French magazine Le Petit Journal:
- National agitation in #Serbia during #Bosnia|n annexation crisis: Serbian women learn to use the rifle.💪
- #Ottoman atrocities during the 1st #BalkanWar: massacres of Serbian peasants by #Turkish gangs.😢

21. Here comes a cover shared by @t_charrie. 🙏
King Petar #Karađorđević of #Serbia (1915) in cover of #French magazine "I saw".

https://twitter.com/t_charrie/status/1298031886003052551?s=20

22. #LePetitJournal :
-1912 : #Serbia|n 1st #BalkanWar volunteer (oath to her father) Sofia Jovanović is celebrated in #France for bravery.🙏
-1914 : 🇷🇸volunteer Jovan Živanović burned alive😢by #Austrians in #Srebrenica (now #RepublikaSrpska): its history didn't start in 1995.😏

23. Dobro Veče !
Today, 4 covers of "Le Petit Journal" shared by @LambrosAleX, including a new one (Queen Natalia of #Serbia).👍

https://twitter.com/LambrosAleX/status/1298653421491433473?s=20

24. Dobar dan !
Here comes more covers of #LPJ:
-Queen Natalija Obrenović of #Serbia (1891).
-French General Cordonnier, commandant of the 57th division of reserve infantry (future Army of Orient) during the #ThessalonikiFront (Ostrovo, Fiorina, Armenohor & Kenali) under Sarrail.

25. Here are #LePetitJournal covers about:
- French general #Sarrail, who forced #Greece into supporting the #France-#Serbia effort in the Balkans & commanded #ThessalonikiFront until December 1917.💪
- French General Guillaumat, who replaced Sarrail as commander until June 1918.

26. Here is "Le Petit Journal" cover about French General Louis Franchet D'Espèrey, last commander & victor of the Thessaloniki Front for #France along #Serbia, and:
- The flags & uniforms of the 1st #BalkanWar.
- The Thessaloniki #Allied camp.
- The flags & decorations for #WW1.

27. Here comes a huge pre-WW1 interview in #French of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, who later became Regent of #Serbia, King of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, then King of #Yugoslavia, before his assassination in 1934.
Check both tweets & pages order to read.

https://twitter.com/LambrosAleX/status/1300415191843246080?s=20