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All Quiet on the Western Front: A Tale of World War One

Explore the impact of WWI through the eyes of soldiers in Erich Maria Remarque's novel. Learn about the author, characters, vocabulary, and historical context of the war. Discover key facts and the experiences of soldiers on the Western Front.

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All Quiet on the Western Front: A Tale of World War One

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  1. All Quiet on the Western Front Honors English 10 Tenth Grade Mrs. Hugus -Erich Maria Remarque

  2. The Author Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) • Drafted into German Army in 1916 • Wounded five times in combat • After war – teacher, stonecutter and editor of sports magazine • Suffered from depression, wrote to cure it • Book published in 1929 – novel sold more than one million copies in Germany alone • Translated into 23 languages • Nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature

  3. All Quiet on the Western Front • This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. -Erich Maria Remarque

  4. Reasons for the War • Territory Conflicts • Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary • Nationalism War was declared on July 28, 1914

  5. Countries Involved • Triple Alliance – Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria • The Ottoman Empire • Triple Entente Powers – Russia, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium and England • The United States joined the Triple Entente Powers after the sinking of the Lusitania in 1917. Map Room: Europe at War

  6. Facts • Greatest and Most Expensive War at that time • 65 Million Men Fought • 8 Million Died • 126,ooo American Deaths • First war to use gas, machine guns and airplanes Map - Losses in World War One

  7. Trench Warfare • Men dug trenches on either side of the “Front Line” • They surrounded the trenches with barbed wire and fought from within

  8. The War War Room BBC - History - Western Front animation

  9. The Characters On the threshold of life, they faced an abyss of death... TheSoldiers in Second Company • Paul Baumer – 19 year old soldier; the protagonist • Albert Kropp – the best thinker in the group • Mueller – a studious soldier • Leer – a ladies’ man • Franz Kemmerich – Paul’s childhood friend • Haie Westhus – a large man; a peat-digger • Detering – a nature lover; a farmer • Tjaden – a skinny soldier; a lock-smith • Stanislaus Katczinsky – the leader of the group; very resourceful • Himmelstoss – the drillmaster • Kantorek – the teacher

  10. Vocabulary lorry – truck dust up – fight skat – German card game morphia – morphine clink –jail barrage - attack esprit de corps – group spirit tommy – British soldier automata – like a robot aller – French verb “to go” camerade – French for friend gendarmes – military policemen apoplexy – stroke; severe hemorrhage

  11. Final Thoughts Web Sites to Enjoy • The Great War - Interactive Timeline • All Quiet Web Quest • Propaganda Posters • The First World War • A Photo Essay

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