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Lot of 5 WWI postcards showing some of the terrible damage suffered by the French at the hands of the Kaiser's armies. WWI was a long, grind-it-out and horrific war and these postcards document the damage.One of the cards was written as a letter home: "1-12-19 This is a picture of the Grand Cathedral in Soissons in France, after the bombardment by the Germans. We fought near this city on July 19-20 [1918]." The Battle of Soissons on July 18-22, 1918 marked the beginning of the end for Germany.