A Month at the Front: The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1851243550 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Glimpse of the Western Front Jordan This tiny, yet fascinating, war diary was written in July, 1917, by a private of D Company, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. It chronicles only one month in Flanders and takes up only 27 pages of this 56 page book. Through the terse, unsentimental narrative of his day-to-day life, the unnamed private recounts his company's advance toward the German line, their stalemate, and his enormous frustration with both his fellow other ranks and the officers in charge as foolish decisions are made and an overall lack of strategic plan
' unique insight into trench life.' Eluned Price, Daily Telegraph
Constant bombings and the sobering landscape of war—“It was nothing unusual to come across a dead comrade lying waiting for burial”—are occasionally relieved by humorous events such as the discovery that a troop of advancing Germans was “nothing more than few short willow shrubs waving about in the breeze.” The young soldier describes how his comrades gradually fall one by one, until he and three remaining fellow soldiers are captured by the enemy, an event that abruptly ends the narrative.A Month at the Front is not penned by a famous author, nor does it claim to offer any broad perspective. A Month at the Front offers another fresh and personal perspective on war. Rather, it is the lone voice of an