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Re:Anatomy of a World War I Artillery Barrage by abrie on Monday July 04, 2016 @11:45PM (#12034284)
The posted article lacks substance, but I read "Over the Top" because of your comment. It is excellent. Thank you. I found my copy on archive.org[0].

I read it alongside "The Arms of Krupp"[1], and found the combination highly synergistic. The sensation of perspective is multiplied further if read with "All Quiet on the Western Front".

[0] https://archive.org/details/overtopbyamerica00empe

[1] https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24200511M/The_arms_of_Krupp_...

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Re:Anatomy of a World War I Artillery Barrage by saiya-jin on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @08:26AM (#12035883)
"All Quiet on the Western Front" - the only book from cca 40 we were forced to read during high school classes that really consumed me - the horrors described, the progressive apathy to death all around and almost total randomness of survival... far from usual poetry. Still cannot comprehend such madness that was happening 100 years ago
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