Two Views of World War I

Abstract: A 6 page essay that contrasts and compares the World War I experience outlined in two memoirs of the era, The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon. These texts offer contrasting views of trench warfare. Junger was a field officer for the German army; Sassoon, for the British. Their accounts are remarkably similar, as both sides endured the same hardship, the same trauma and watched as their comrades were killed. However, ultimately, their accounts are also very different as each author regards the war as filtered through his own individual perspective, which, of course, also reflects peculiarities of his culture that are assimilated to varying degrees in both men. No additional sources cited.

Filename: khsaswwi.rtf

Pages: 6

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Subcatagory: European History

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