What are essential war novels? No comical satires or muh glory,

All Quiet on the Western Front

War and Peace (not within the last century)

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This.

Slaughterhouse-Five

Storm of Steel is a must read for you OP

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>>8991206
thanks lads

>>8991191
read it a few years ago, vonnegut memes aside, I found it very good and also hopeful in a way, as simple as it was.

Songbird by Sebastian Faulks was a worthwhile read when it actually focused on the war instead of the forced female protagonist

>>8991271

My mistake, the title is Birdsong

For Whom the Bell Tolls

>>8991177
Forrester - The General
Paul Scott - Jewel in the Crown

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>>8991187
>All Quiet on the Western Front
came to post this. I guess Journey to The End of The Night, too

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>>8991177
everything by SVEN HASSEL

>>8991189
is this the one caught lying about being a holocaust victim and then said 'just because it didn't happen doesn't mean it's not true'?

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>>8992500
HaSSel is underrated.

>>8992535

He was a holocaust victim, he just embellished his actual experiences without honestly admitting to writing fiction. Still fraudulent and pathetic IMO. See also: Jerzy Kosinksi.

The holocaust wasn't real, my dude. The only reason the small amount of jews died is because the allies disrupted supply lines. The victors determine history.

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