They'll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,-- Their dreams that drip with murder; and they'll be proud Of glorious war that shatter'd all their pride . . . ... The lives of the survivors, be them soldiers or civilians, could never be the same after the war. ... Unfortunately, the young soldiers soon found out that war was not glamorous at all. ... Many battlefields were abundant with deep trenches that held fighting soldiers, dead and alive. ... Many of the soldiers would contract "trench feet," a condition caused ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The book, Céline and His Vision, is a story of a French soldier whose skull gets cracked during World War I. ... Tall, thin, and weak, he made an unlikely soldier. ... Suddenly, Weary realizes that they are being watched by five German soldiers and a police dog. ...

• Word Count: 7795
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

By the time of the First World War there was a whole new generation of young soldiers who not only could read but, very important, were able for the first time in the history of war to write letters home describing war in all its unheroic horror. ...

• Word Count: 10566
• Approx Pages: 42