Poilu (/ˈpwɑːluː/; French: [pwaly]) is an informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the hairy one...

(10 September 2001). "Le dernier poilu s'est éteint". La Dernière Heure. Retrieved 2 May 2016. "Adieu au dernier poilu belge". La Dernière Heure. 19 September...

First World War. The term became wrapped up in the public conception of the poilu ("hairy one", the typical French foot soldier) and his beloved pinard, joined...

French Poilus posing with their war-torn flag in 1917, during World War I...

Mont des Poilus is a 3,161-metre (10,371-foot) mountain summit located in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its...

The Journées du Poilu Sportif (English: Hairy Sportsman Days) was a sports events held across France organized by the French sports weekly magazine Sporting...

Le Départ des poilus, août 1914 (French: Departure of the Infantrymen, August 1914) is a monumental mural by the American artist Albert Herter. The painting...

stove. Alternative names for the British Brodie helmet Digger, Doughboy and Poilu for the Allied counterparts G.I. HMS Birkenhead (1845) Jack Tar Jerry (WWII)...

Flivver in 1917, stayed on in France after militarization, and composed From "Poilu" to "Yank" in 1918. Robert Imbrie published Behind the Wheel of a War Ambulance...

"heartland" values. The brand was associated with the cigarette-smoking poilu (a slang term for the French infantryman in the trenches) and the resistance...