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'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters. They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest'. "Storm of Steel" is one of the greatest works to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War. A memoir of astonishing... read more
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Quotes edit
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“I was amazed at the way the men around me seemed to cower while running at full pelt, as though under some frightful threat. The whole thing struck me as faintly ridiculous, in the way of seeing people doing things one doesn't properly understand.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Cambrai
- Monchy
- Vraucourt
- Germany
- Fresnoy
- Valley Trench
- Douchy
- Guillemont
- Recouvrence
- Regnieville
- Bazancourt
- Flanders
First Sentence edit
The train stopped at Bazancourt, a small town in Champagne, and we got out.
Table of Contents edit
In the Chalk Trenches of Champagne
From Bazancourt to Hattonchatel
Les Eparges
Douchy and Monchy
Daily Life in the Trenches
The Beginning of the Battle of the Somme
Guillemont
The Woods of St-Pierre-Vaast
Retreat from the Somme
In the Village of Fresnoy
Against Indian Opposition
Langemarck
Regnieville
Flanders Again
The Double Battle of Cambrai
At the Cojeul River
The Great Battle
British Gains
My Last Assault
We Fight Our Way Through
Series & Lists edit
This is book 964 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ernst Jünger (Author)
- Michael Hofman
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Robert Meier, Leisnig
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1920
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 181
Publisher: Robert Meier, Leisnig
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1920
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 181
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940
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