All Quiet on the Western Front - Essay All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel that takes you through the life of a soldier in World War I. ... Here, he is forced to kill a Frenchman who jumps into the trench while attacking the German lines. ... The war and his part have become much more personalized because he actually sees the face of the enemy, the man he has killed, right in front of him. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel that greatly helps in the understanding what really went on during the battles in World War 1. ...

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The trenches were the front lines, the most dangerous places. However behind them was a mass of supply lines, training establishments, stores, workshops, headquarters and all the other elements of the 1914-1918 system of war, in which the most of troops were employed. ... The Trench Cycle Normally a battalion would be needed in the front line. ... Others would spend a very long time in the front line than usual, generally in the more 'tiring' sectors. ... Some men were assigned to fix or improve barbed wire  to the front line. ...

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The sentence "the tap-tap-tap of people digging" shows that that work done by the soldiers was tough and that there was always plenty of it to be done, whether it be digging new trench lines or digging underground passages to surprise the enemy. ... The second example gives us a clear image of how much pain Jim Martin was in when he was taken from the front line and put onto the hospital ship. ... This sentence describes Jim on the hospital ship after he had served more than a year in the front line. ...

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The trenches were dug in zigzag sections rather than straight lines so that if a shell (artillery) explodes inside one of these sections, or an enemy gets into one, only that section would be affected. The trench layout consisted of a frontline, which was lightly occupied by soldiers, a support line, where soldiers would retreat to if the front line is bombarded, and the reserve line, where reserve troops would amass for counter-attacks (Demobilisation of the First World War, NA). ...

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The trenches were dug in zigzag sections rather than straight lines so that if a shell (artillery) explodes inside one of these sections, or an enemy gets into one, only that section would be affected. The trench layout consisted of a frontline, which was lightly occupied by soldiers, a support line, where soldiers would retreat to if the front line is bombarded, and the reserve line, where reserve troops would amass for counter-attacks (Demobilisation of the First World War, NA). ...

• Word Count: 1447
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate