Postcards

Correspondence from soldiers at the front was often edited by military censors to control access to sensitive information. In order to make censoring easier in the First World War, ready-made postcards were created. Soldiers checked boxes from a list of pre-selected answers and mailed them to their families back home. How would you feel if you received, or had to send, a postcard like this?

Postcards Postcards like these were used by First World War soldiers.