Editing Maurice Chevalier (section)

==World War I==
When [[World War I]] broke out, Chevalier was in the middle of his national service, already in the front line, where he was wounded by [[Shrapnel shell|shrapnel]] in the back in the first weeks of combat and was taken as a [[prisoner of war]] in [[Germany]] for two years, where he learned English.<ref name="Larkin50"/> In 1916, he was released through the secret intervention of [[Mistinguett]]'s admirer, [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|King Alfonso XIII of Spain]], the only king of a neutral country who was related to both the British and German royal families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musiqueenligne.com/artist_bio.php?lg=en&id=2250|title=Biography : Maurice CHEVALIER|last=comkoenig|website=www.musiqueenligne.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-11}}</ref>

In 1917, Chevalier became a star in le Casino de Paris and played before British soldiers and Americans.<ref name="Larkin50"/> He discovered [[jazz]] and [[ragtime]] and started thinking about touring the [[United States]]. In the prison camp, he had studied English and had an advantage over other French artists. He went to [[London]], where he found new success at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]], even though he still sang in [[French language|French]].