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Words of endurance: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers below refer to Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. New York: Penguin Classics, 2013. Embedded within the pages … Continue reading
Posted in British History, History, Military History
Tagged Battle of Arras, Craiglockhart, Mametz Wood, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Somme, Wilfred Owen
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Words of endurance: All Quiet on the Western Front
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War.There are many editions of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. I used an e-book edition. This is the … Continue reading
Words of endurance: The greatest WWI poem—In Parenthesis
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers below refer to David Jones, In Parenthesis. New York: New York Review Books, 2003. Originally published 1937. A … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military History, World War I
Tagged David Jones, In Parenthesis, Mametz Wood, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, WWI poetry
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Words of endurance: Storm of Steel
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers below refer to Ernst Juenger, Storm of Steel. Translated by Michael Hofmann. New York: Penguin Books, 2004. If … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military History, World War I
Tagged Ernst Juenger, German Spring Offensive, Michael Hofmann, Storm of Steel
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Words of endurance: Poems of Wilfred Owen
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. This is a short selection of poems by Wilfred Owen, who served as second lieutenant in the 2nd Manchesters. After suffering … Continue reading
Posted in British History, History, Military History, World War I
Tagged "Disabled", "Dulce et Decorum est", "Futility", "The Chances", Wilfred Owen
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Words of endurance: Roumanian Diary
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers shown below refer to Hans Carossa, A Roumanian Diary, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1930. Hans Carossa’s Roumanian Diary is … Continue reading
Words of endurance: A Passionate Prodigality
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers shown below refer to Guy Chapman, A Passionate Prodigality: Fragments of Autobiography. Fawcett Crest Books: Greenwich, CT, 1966. … Continue reading
Words of endurance: Russian Hussar
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. All page numbers shown below refer to Vladimir Littauer’s Russian Hussar, Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 1993. On July 24, 1915, … Continue reading
Words of endurance: The Secret Battle
This is one of a series about memoirs, novels, and poems authored by combatants of the First World War. In January 1917, junior officer A.P. Herbert learned that a counterpart in another battalion of his division had been shot by … Continue reading
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