First Person History

FPH: Mud and Shells, WWI 1916 Part 2


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Rejoin Ernst Junger and Louis Barthas for Mud and Shells, 1916 part 2 to see what the latter half of the year holds in store. Junger will survive a desperate last stand at a village under assault at the Somme. He’ll go on to scout enemy forests, and man an observation post with a commanding view of the battlefield. Louis Barthas is to be sorely tested in his pacifism and decency on the slopes of the shell blasted Cote 304 and in the muddy moonscapes of the Somme. Lest the first world war fade into memory and its veterans be forgotten, join us in reliving the first hand experiences of those who survived.

Sources:

Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel

Louis Barthas, Poilu

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First Person HistoryBy Joel Traugott