Poilu - equivalent term for French soldiers of World War I
Poilu | poilu | ''Le Silence'', Allegory of Poilu | ''Journée du Poilu. 25 et 26 décembre 1915'' (trans. "The poilu's holiday, December 25 and 26, 1915"). French World War I | ''Journée du Poilu |
This song was sung by the French soldiers who mutinied (in sixty eight of the one hundred and ten divisions of the French Army) after the costly and militarily disastrous offensive of General Robert Nivelle at the Chemin des Dames, spring 1917.