WW1 Reading

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The Good Soldier Švejk

>>2042529
>nonfiction
Sorry, didn't notice.

>>2041689
Ernst Junger's Storm of Steel. It's a novel, but it's basically a transcription of his journal.
Served as a model for Remaque too.

>>2041689
How the fuck is that book non-fiction?

>>2041689
Henri Barbusse's Under Fire was a good read, the "Le Feu" chapter was the one with all the details of trench warfare.

>>2041689
The Price of Glory, by Alistair Horne

>>2042542
This, bastard got wounded 14 times, still got over 100 years old, took LSD together with Hoffmann himself and went to a conference with French writers wearing his pour le merite.

>>2042742
I see you've been reading r/til.

>>2041689
You should read Storm of steel. Its a book by Ernst Jünger. He signed up in 1914 and fought all the way up to August 1918. Afterwards he went on to write a few books, some not available in English as far as i know. He was an officer in Paris during the Second World War and afterwards, believe in the 60's following his rehabilitation in German Literature, he lived a pretty cushy life up until his death in 1998 aged 102. His house is a mini museum i believe. There is a Stahlhelm of his that has a shrapnel hole in it present in the house.

>>2042546
>How the fuck is that book non-fiction?

Welcome to /his/.

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A Storm in Flanders was excellent. I learned a lot about the Battles of Ypres and it does an excellent job of showing the horrors of the war, the decisions by high command and the common soldiers.

Scarlet Fields, story of the ultimate badass John Lewis Barkley

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Personally I really liked Ma Grande Guerre, from Gaston Lavy.

Between 1914 and late 1917 Lavy wrote and drew about his daily life on the frontline.
Although not in a first rate unit due to his age, he saw his share of action, notably at Verdun where his unit was at the beginning of the German offensive, before being sent to Versailles in the French army camouflage section.

AFAIK the book is only available in French but it's not too costly and the wonderful illustrations speak for themselves.

"Journey to the end of the night", by Louis-Ferdinant Céline.