WW1 Books

What are some good books about ww1? Preferably ones wrote from the perspective of the soldier (e.g. Ernst Junger).

I've already read Storm of Steel, and have started Forgotten Victory but it's not really holding my interest.

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memoir of the entire war from the perspective from a tough as fuck French grunt. the Verdun chapter gave me nightmares.

This. Decent read though not quite as exciting as Storm of Steel.

Best book for the french perspective

Grave's autobiography, while not exactly the most informative of british accounts of the war, is certainly one of the most interesting.

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"Now It Can Be Told" by British war correspondent Phillip Gibbs is pretty interesting, and the Kindle version is currently free.

"Old Soldiers Never Die" by Frank Richards is the memoir of an English enlisted man who survived four years in the trenches. I would recommend it highly.

"A World Undone" is the best possible introduction to WW1, in my opinion. The author is American, but gives a lot of attention to the German POV which is something that a lot of books omit. It covers the entire war in chronological order, but it also includes many "Background" chapters which cover topics which don't really fit into the chronological narrative very well, but which greatly increase the reader's understanding of the war. These "Background" chapters end up being some of the most interesting parts of the book; the cover topics like the Armenian Genocide, the Shell Crisis of 1915, the Bolsheviks, the Franco-Prussian War, Lawrence of Arabia, etc.

I really can't recommend the book highly enough. It's long, but that's to be expected for trying to cram a 5-year war into 1 book. The Audible version is also VERY good, best narrator I ever heard.

Someone make a virgin Remarque vs chad Jünger pic

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