Literary Critiques All Quiet On The Western Front

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The Battle of Passchendaele, that is known as the First Battle of Ypres, was fought entirely on the Western Front. It ran from the end of October to November 1917. The weather was awful, heavy rains drenched the Belgian soil. The roads were muddy and became impossible to travel.

Paul and the other two lieutenants were in charge of guarding the section of the front line in Belgium. The Kaiser's plan was to break through the Belgian army and reach the Channel coast. The British were preparing to evacuate from their positions. They had to hold on to the last.

There was no battle raging near him. He was not wounded nor killed by his own side. Paul wasn't even in it. His death was carried out by the enemy: the German front-line sentinel, a well-placed machine gun, and finally the German soldiers who crawled up to him to finish him off.

Paul had a friend named Arnold. Arnold, like Paul, was also a very disciplined soldier. Together, they continued to visit the front line. It was easy for Paul to spot a German soldier from his height and youthful appearance. He made a good strategy of it, and he and Arnold would chat and joke. The talks and jokes never stopped, even under the rain, even when they were under heavy gunfire. Paul was a good man, a modest man, a lovely man. I know that he will be missed.

Today, more than a century after the end of the first world war, the living conditions of the young soldiers of the Western Front still compare unfavorably to today's military personnel. Paul and his friends still have to sleep in the trenches, and they have to endure the cold and the rain.

Today, more than a hundred years later, the living conditions of the young soldiers of the Western Front still compare unfavorably to today's military personnel. Paul and his friends still have to sleep in the trenches, and they have to endure the cold and the rain. They are still confronted with gas attacks and artillery bombardments, and with bombardment and mutilation by the enemy.

The following is an excerpt from the report written by a German officer on a peaceful day in October 1918, on the Western front. It describes the calmness and cheerfulness of the enemy's soldiers.

The weather was fine. It was a very calm day at the Front. The enemy's artillery and infantry fire was quiet, they had no need to fire. There was no movement, no one was killed. I was standing about four metres from Paul's corpse. It was a German corpse who had died in the same spot last year. He was lying on his back and his face had a calm expression. He was almost glad the end had come. 827ec27edc