Poor bloody murder personal memoirs of the First World War
"A new edition of one of the most important titles published in 1980. Deeply personal narratives of soldiers involved in contemporary wars now have become available because of the explosion of the internet and the proliferation of news media. However, our knowledge of personal narratives of sol...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Oakville, Ontario
Mosaic Press
2023
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| Zusammenfassung: | "A new edition of one of the most important titles published in 1980. Deeply personal narratives of soldiers involved in contemporary wars now have become available because of the explosion of the internet and the proliferation of news media. However, our knowledge of personal narratives of soldiers in the First World War are very limited. This book filled an important gap in our knowledge of soldier life, their fears, hopes, aspirations and suffering! As the editor/author Gordon Reid states: " Many books of a scholarly or autobiographical nature on World War One have been and are still being published, but I believe this is one of the first to deal with the personal narratives of the lower ranks such as Privates and Corporals, right up to the Colonels and Brigadier Generals... This book contains interviews with over fifty veterans of which sixty percent are Canadians. The rest are mainly British, with a couple of Germans, a Frenchman and even a Canadian who served the American Army." The book also contains some 40 original photos and documents and maps culled rom soldiers' personal archives. 'To my surprise I could see some Germans busy receiving their rations. The were about two hundred yards away. Of course, they did not know they were exposed to file fire as part of their parapet had been blown down. The officer said, "What would you do in this case?" I replied, "I think this is Christmas Eve." He said, "Oh, yes it is, but in case someone gets trigger happy you fire a shot close to them as a warning." I fired about twenty feet to their left. They weren't long in taking cover, but the last man to leave hesitated a moment and saluted" --Bombardier James F. Johnson (5th C.M.R.) "My gunner landed his shells right between the men. It was like a scythe cutting down grain." -- Lieutenant Johan Farkas (German Artillery)"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | 260 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781771617406 |