Your chums are fighting — Canadian World War One poster Canada Russian painting by Vasily Vereshchagin

Russian painting by Vasily Vereshchagin showing a pile of skulls in a wasteland

German poster from the First World War (1915) showing Britain’s John Bull as a massive spider devouring its French ally while weaving its web across the world

Russian propaganda from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) showing a cossack about to eat a Japanese officer

The final stanza of the poem below reads: "Since you're coming to visit me

Your chums are fighting — Canadian World War One poster Canada Russian painting by Vasily VereshchaginCanadian recruitment poster from the First World War (1914) showing the silhouettes of soldiers going into battle. This is a reproduction printed professionally on premium matte paper. See full size guide.