“Blessed are they who sacrifice themselves for the Fatherland”, propaganda postcard with “perseverance slogan”, colour print based on an original by A. Setkowicz

Although on the eastern front the war had taken a turn in favour of the Central Powers, on the western front it had obviously reached a stalemate. However, early in 1917 a major turning point arrived with the entry into the war of the United States of America on the side of the Western Powers.