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'Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark!' — British comic map from the First World War (1914) showing the nations of Europe fighting. 
Britain appears as a sailor holding battleships on strings, while the British bulldog and French poodle confront the German dachshund. Russia of course is represented as a great bear alongside the Tsar, who drives a steamroller towards Central Europe.
Other nations are also represented: Spain as a matador fighting Catalonia, Italy as a Bersagliere, Serbia as a swarm of wasps stinging Austria, Greece as a knife-wielding military officer, and the Ottoman Empire as a caricature drawing German ships through the Turkish Straits.
Text at the bottom is supplied by the satirical writer Walter Emanuel, who gives a humorous account of the conflict's origins:
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