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Summary: Leave it on the shelf
Review:
I read "Storm of Steel," and enjoyed it for the historical references and descriptions. I could take Junger's philosophical ramblings as it was mixed with interesting writing.
"Copse 125," was too much of the latter...terrible pish-posh of "Steel warriors forged in the trenches," nonsense.
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Summary: only for the serious
Review: a reprint with poorly reproduced text. Its a good memoir from a German officer, with some ripping good bits. However, at least half or so is a lot of self reflection.So if you are really into the German side of WW1 in a scholarly way iots a great source. If you just want cool tales of fighting pass it up.
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Summary: Philosophy vs. Memoir
Review: Storm of Steel, Junger's more famous WWI memoir, is an excellent book, capturing a young patriotic German's response to trench warfare. It's full of details of daily life in the trenches and has a particularly good passage of his involvement in the Kaiserschlacht offensive. By comparison, Copse 125, only contains a few pages of war memoir. The balance of the book is philosophical tract based on zealous nationalism. If you want to read several hundred pages of why Imperial Germany deserved to win the First World War and rule Europe, well, be my guest.
Rating:
Summary: Philosophy vs. Memoir
Review: Storm of Steel, Junger's more famous WWI memoir, is an excellent book, capturing a young patriotic German's response to trench warfare. It's full of details of daily life in the trenches and has a particularly good passage of his involvement in the Kaiserschlacht offensive. By comparison, Copse 125, only contains a few pages of war memoir. The balance of the book is philosophical tract based on zealous nationalism. If you want to read several hundred pages of why Imperial Germany deserved to win the First World War and rule Europe, well, be my guest.
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