Scorched Earth: The Germans on the Somme 1914-18 by Irina Renz & Gerd Krumeich & Gerhard Hirschfeld

Author:Irina Renz & Gerd Krumeich & Gerhard Hirschfeld [Renz, Irina & Krumeich, Gerd & Hirschfeld, Gerhard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: World War I, Campaigns, Somme, Strategy
ISBN: 9781844685097
Goodreads: 21004405
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Published: 2009-07-19T04:00:00+00:00

26 September 1916 (Lille)

( . . . ) Somme, Somme! Yes, for us this word has in it something inexpressible. From here to Lille one hears this incessant activity, and if one reflects on it with somebody, he shakes his head, shrugs and says, ‘Yes’. There is nothing more to be said. Whoever does his duty at the front, he has achieved something superhuman according to that. We should not speak any more of it. I prefer the heroic kind of battle rather than one against weapons which cannot be seen and against which one cannot fight heroically. It is a battle for the masses, for the individuals in the mass unrewarding.

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