The First World War (1914-18) was the first truly global conflict and the first to be fully mechanised. #History #Warfare #Eyewitness #FirstWorldWar #TrenchWarfare #WesternFront #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2832-en/

The trench warfare of the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18) involved soldiers living and dying in an awful mix of mud, filth, and barbed wire. #History #FirstWorldWar #HindenburgLine #TrenchWarfare #WesternFront #WWI #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2820-en/

Reading All Quiet on the Western Front for the first time felt like getting hit by emotional shrapnel. I expected a war novel, but what I got was a raw, haunting portrayal of humanity unraveling in the trenches.

One scene, in particular, stayed with me is the moment Paul stabs a French soldier in a shell hole. It’s brutal, yes, but what broke me was everything that followed. Paul’s desperate attempts to save the man he just killed, speaking to him, apologizing, humanizing him after the act. That sequence isn’t just tragic, it’s unbearable in its honesty.

Remarque doesn’t glorify war; he strips it down to bone and mud, showing us the psychological torment and the fragility of empathy in a world designed to crush it.

This isn’t just a war novel. It’s a eulogy for a generation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5
(Five shell-shocking stars)



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Rewinding my lifeline back to July 2021, I (once again) visited Belgium and especially the region of Flanders where my interest in Flanders Fields was born years ago.

Hill 60 was a low rise south-east of Ypres made from the soil removed in digging a cutting for the Ypres to Comines railway.

It is told to had excellent views over both Ypres and Zillebeke, and was captured by the German army during the first Battle of Ypres in November 1914. On 17 April 1915, in one of the first tunnelling operations by the British Army, six mines exploded under Hill 60, which was then quickly captured with minimal casualties.

#inflandersfields #travellingthroughtheworld #history #battleofmessines #lestweforget #commonwealthwargraves #hill60 #commonwealthwargravescommission #messines #flandersfields #johnmccrae #respect #thanks #ig_belgium #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #ww1 #poppies #trench #gravesite #trenchwarfare #trench

The site of Bayernwald, in Flanders known as “#Croonaertbos” was part of the German front line during WWI, known as the “#Wijtschateboge” and “#Ypernboge”. It was conquered by the Bavarian Army of Crown Prince Rupprecht von Bayern in 1914.

#flandersfields1418 #travellingthroughtheworld #history #visitbelgium #ww1ww2historywarfronts #ww1stories #commonwealthwargraves #bayernwald #ww11418lestweforget #lestweforget #commonwealthwargraves #bavarianforest #commonwealthwargravescommission #bayernwaldtrenches #flandersfields #johnmccrae #respect #thanks #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #visitflanders #ww1 #poppies #ww1facts #stadieper #visitieper #trenches #gravesite #trenchwarfare #trench #johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Apr 24 : World War 1
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#PathsOfGlory (1957)
A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack on the French front lines.
#KirkDouglas #TrenchWarfare #NoMansLand
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Apr 24 : World War 1
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#PathsOfGlory (1957)
A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack on the French front lines.
#KirkDouglas #TrenchWarfare #NoMansLand
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I didn’t do much work in the trenches today. Just had to do a quick dump cause if you send stuff to my home address to get me to pump that’s an automatic dump. #trenchwarfare