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Erich Maria Remarque November 1928

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Erich Maria Remarque November 1928

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  1. All Quiet on the Western Front(Im Westen Nichts Neue)I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another Erich Maria Remarque November 1928

  2. Remarque • Born June 22, 1928 • Died September 25th, 1970 • Drafted into the army at 18 and was sent to fight for Germany on the Western Front.

  3. Reception • Published in 1928 • Tried to give a realistic portrayal of war. • First war book that did not romanticize war. • Banned by Germany in the 30’s. • One of the most popular books to burn for the Nazi’s and he lost his citizenship. • Very popular elsewhere.

  4. Title • Originally the title meant “Nothing New in the West”. This was a common dispatch used by the German Army. • Has come to mean no action in the field.

  5. Origins of WWI • Nationalism: Italy and German were unified in the 1870’s. France was angered over loss of land. • Imperialism: England, France and Germany needed increased amount of raw goods post-industrial revolution. Competed in Northern Africa for land. • Hostilities led to alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. In response, Great Britain, Russia and France formed an alliance. • Tensions led to an arms race led by Germany so that they each had huge standing armies. • Tensions came to a head after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia and this caused the alliances to mobilize to protect each other.

  6. Technological Advances of the War • Machine Guns • Poison Gas • Trench Warfare Sometimes I think it should be a rule of war that you have to see somebody up close and get to know him before you can shoot him.  ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

  7. Trench Warfare • Result of advances in artillery but not in mobility. • Static form of fighting where each side would dig out trenches and hold their defensive positions. • Led to ulterior means of fighting. • Tanks • Airplanes • Barbed Wire • Grenades

  8. Western Front • 200 miles long • Casualties were too high so they tried outflanking each other

  9. Aerial view of opposing trench lines between Loos and Hulluch, July 1917. German trenches at the right and bottom, British at the top-left.

  10. Ramifications of Trench Warfare • Massive Casualties • Somme Offensive July 1916- In two weeks, 57,000 British Casualties • Wringer of Verdun- 380,000 French Casualties • Trench Foot "There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.  ~James Morrow

  11. Trench Foot • Constantly wet feet • Feet would turn red, then turn blue and eventually would turn gangrenous. Amputation would be the only thing to do for them.

  12. Brutality of War • WWI saw the end of “chivalrous” warfare • Poison gas was used first by Germans, then both sides. Caused slow and painful death. • Men would be stuck in the trenches for years. They would be disease ridden and water logged.

  13. Chemical Warfare What might the men be feeling psychologically?

  14. Effect of War on the Soldier • “War to end all wars” • Over 9 million soldiers killed. • In homelands, the stalemate caused massive food shortages because goods could not cross the “no man’s land”. • War originally met with enthusiasm

  15. Enthusiasm for War • “Dulce et Decorum Est”: no longer the prevailing feeling. • They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.  But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying.  You will die like a dog for no good reason.  ~Ernest Hemingway

  16. German Soldiers

  17. In Flanders Fields Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian Army IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields. In Flanders Fields Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian Army IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.

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