Essays on German Soldiers

Charles Yale Harrison was a soldier in WWI and his book Generals Die in Bed is a reflection of his war experience. He dedicated his book to the Canadian, Australian and German soldier that died in the woods near Amiens in 1918. It is hard to know exactly why Harrison wrote the book just as no one knows for sure why Leonardo Da Vinci painted the famous Mona Lisa. But certain reasons can be speculated that fit well with Harrison’s writing. Harrison hated war and realized that soldiers are mere pawns in wars that do not even understand ...

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque explores the psychological and physical conditions of German soldiers fighting in the World War I, instead of focussing on heroism and military accomplishments. That is the primary distinction between the novel and its contemporaries. The novel tracks the life of Paul Baumer, as he joins the army together with his friends (Muller, Kropp and Kemmerick) at the urging of their school teacher Kantorek. While at the base, they meet Kat, an older soldier and a former shoe cobbler with whom they form a deep friendship and he ...

Introduction

During World War I, Germany soldiers were exposed to mental and physical trauma. The horrifying life of the soldiers and brutality they experienced in the war change their lives to a point that; when they went back home after war, they felt alienated from the life they used to live before. Many of the soldiers were killed, and those who survived felt the consequences of the war which led to horrifying life they were living.

Soldiers who survived the war felt that their place with other civilians was not the same; the war alienated them from their fellow townsmen. Though ...

Elie Wiesel’s Night, the author’s autobiographical tale of his experiences in German concentration camps during the Second World War, is a harrowing story of family, helplessness and the simple human drive to survive. While the story focuses primarily on the Jews who are imprisoned, tortured and killed in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, one fascinating perspective is how the German soldiers are portrayed. The Nazi soldiers of the book are depicted as largely inhuman monsters, who strip the Jews of their identity and agency; while there are the occasional moments where the Germans are shown to just be following orders, ...

1. The name of the film is Casablanca. The director is Michael Curtiz. The two leading actors are Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. 2. The leading characters are Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Victor Laszlo, Captain Louis Renault, Major Heinrich Strasser, Signor Ferrari and Sam. Other important characters are Ugarte and Carl. The story takes place in Casablanca in French Morocco during World War II. France is occupied by Germans and people from all over Europe are coming to Casablanca in order to try to get to Lisbon from where they can continue ...

The book The forgotten Soldier by Guy Soldier is an autobiography of Guy Sager, a member of the Red Troops, who served in the World War II, and was written in 1965. The book reveals the real life experiences of the German soldiers in the Eastern War front. Although most people have read from historical books about the Germans experience during the WWII, Sager’s personal account reveals the traumatizing incidences that enable the readers to conclude that it was a mistake for the Germans to engage in the war, because they did not have any chance to overcome the enemy ...

Erich Maria Remarque fought in World War I where he was badly wounded. A decade after the war he wrote a book detailing how ordinary German soldiers fared during the war and this book of his was translated into All Quiet on the Western Front. At the time he wrote his book, war books had a romantic feel about them in their dealings with honor, glory and adventure and in 1895 Stephen Crane changed that with his book titled The Red Badge of Courage which revealed the brutality and violence that is all too common with wars. Remarque followed a similar mold ...

Introduction

World War II began in the year 1939 lasting for six years in the battle field and came to an end in the year 1945. The world war was considered as the most contested war involving the major powers of the world. The major powers divided into two; the allies and the axis or the triple alliances and the triple entente. The major powers broke into war in a show to proof each country’s superiority. The way caused thousands of deaths of the military and civilians as well as destroying property costing the economic development of the world.

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The Somme is a river present in the northern region of France. The name illustrates the name of a river, as well as the tragedy of a war fought in the year of 1914 between Germany and the Allies. The name of Somme still now arouses a bunch of emotions even after near about a century for the group of people who were compelled to suffer directly or indirectly due to the devastating effect of the war. The battle of Somme is mostly known for its slaughtering of millions of lives. But the name of this battle is chiefly associated with the horrific slaughtering ...

The expressionist movement, branching out from modernism began approximately in 1910, and was a movement that in the literal sense of the word encouraged being expressive candid about pressing issues. Even though this movement began before the surges of World War I, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, represents the first few expressionist films that surfaced in Germany during that period. Like all expressionist art forms, this movie too incorporates certain undertones of crucial themes that then nation underwent, through the characters and the broad plot. After the World War, many German soldiers refused to accept their defeat and believe ...

The 1942 film Casablanca is a tremendous tour-de-force of cinematic greatness; considered to be one of the finest films ever made, it endured a troubling production and a lack of enthusiasm from the studio at the time to create a masterpiece of film. Winning the Best Picture Oscar among many other accolades, its quality still holds up today as a fantastic example of film. In addition to its quality and enduring appeal, it carries a certain historical significance that provides it as an indicator for the political and cinematic attitudes of the time. Casablanca uses innovative cinematography, stellar acting, and brilliant mise-en-scene to showcase a very ...

The book is one of the collections of short stories that were compiled during Holocaust in Germany. The story centralizes mainly on the experiences, misfortunes, and tortures undergone by the prisoners. The author of the book, Tadeusz Borowski, was not among the Nazi rebels. However, when his anti-Nazi girlfriend was captured he surrendered himself to the authority so that he could be captured too in order to stay together with her. Borowski writes what he sees and experienced at the camp. The stories are linked by various themes, which have been well enhanced by different characters. The main character ...

While the protagonists in the Cold War sought to promote global ideology both sides were challenged by nationalist forces. Do you agree or disagree? 1. Introduction Instead of battles over control of lands or seas the Cold War was a battle of rhetoric which was also the major factor of the internal nationalist tensions within the USA and the USSR. Ironically the ideology both nations claimed as their intent was anti-Imperialism. Within each nation nationalistic controversies heated up the rhetoric. Although the internal problems turned Russians against Russians and Americans against Americans the way the tensions played out ...

Created in 1993 this movie is considered to be one of the greatest modern works about World War II. The director of the film is a talented German director Joseph Vilsmaier, known for “Autumn milk”, “The last Train” and other movies. The producers are Hanno Huth and Günter Rohrbach. The cast includes Thomas Kretschmann (as Lt. Hans von Witzland), Dominique Horwitz (as Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser), Jochen Nickel (as Manfred Rohleder ) ,Dana Vavrova (as Irina) and others. The story of the film depicts the bloody events of the wartime that took place on the Eastern Front with a group ...