WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Gunter Grass
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John Steinbeck
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D.H. Lawrence
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Arthur Koestler
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Erich Maria Remarque
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Detailed explanation-1: -All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the disillusionment of Paul Baumer, a young foot soldier fighting in World War I. Written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), this depiction of the horrors of war is one of the most renowned German works of the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -World War I In November 1916, Remarque, along with a number of his classmates, was drafted into the German army. After a period of military training, his unit was sent to the Western Front. There he took part in the trench warfare in Flanders, Belgium.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the Western Front in 1914–1918, both sides constructed elaborate trench, underground, and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. The area between opposing trench lines (known as “no man’s land") was fully exposed to artillery fire from both sides.
Detailed explanation-4: -On November 10, 1928, the first installment of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed novel of World War I, appears in the German magazine Vossische Zeitung.