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In the Line 1914-1918 (Paperback)
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In the Line 1914-1918 (Paperback)
Series: Uniform Legends
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Loot Price R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
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Georg Bucher, a German infantryman from 1914 had lost almost all of
his closest friends by 1918. The last friend he lost, Riedel, was
crushed by a tank in one of the last battles of the war. This is
his tale in their memory. A sergeant by 1918, Bucher describes
nearly every part of the Western Front - the Marne, Verdun,Somme,
Ypres, the Vosges and the 1918 Spring Offensive in vivid detail. He
illustrates how his psychological state changed over the course of
the war, how a soldier can in a split second turn from a human
being into a killing machine without pity, killing as second
nature, without thought.The raw endurance required to survive the
trenches is narrated in undiluted fashion, no horrors are spared;
the quagmire of 3rd Ypres, unrelenting lice and rats, the stench of
death and descriptions ofa bhorrent actions such as (so Bucher
alleges) French soldiers, under the influence of absinthe,
mutilating some of his company for revenge on the Senegalese.Fans
of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' or 'Storm of Steel' will be
delighted to discover Bucher's work.
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