Paper Empires: 100 Years of German Paper Soldiers (1845-1945) by Rafael de Francisco Lopez comments taken from trade journals

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Paper Empires: 100 Years of German Paper Soldiers (1845-1945) by Rafael de Francisco Lopez comments taken from trade journalsThese paper cut outs developed from toys into a historically important reflection on the German military and social classes from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century, culminating in their proliferation during the rise and reign of the Third Reich. They make it possible to take a tour through German military and political history, from the Battle of Jena Auerstedt in 1806 right up to the Maginot Line in 1940. These German paper soldiers,