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Originally published in 1920, The Storm of Steel is a first-hand account of World War I trench combat lifted from the diaries of Ernst J nger, a German infantryman who would become one of Europe's most talented writers. The book was first translated into English in 1929 by Basil... Read Full Overview

One of the great war memoirs, a worldwide bestseller published shortly after the end of World War I, Storm of Steel is a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism. It illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, as seen... Read Full Overview

"This work is a translation from the original German of the 1921 second edition of In Stahlgewittern, as reprinted in 1922"--Translation notes.

First published in 1920, In Storms of Steel (In Stahlgewittern) describes J?nger's experiences on the German Western Front in the First World War from December 1914 to August 1918. J?nger describes the war from the perspective of a young volunteer who, after being... Read Full Overview

Presenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst J nger's Storm of Steel is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics.

"Trench fighting is the bloodiest, wildest, most brutal of all... Of all the war's exciting moments none is so powerful as the meeting of two storm troop leaders between narrow trench walls. There's no mercy there, no going back, the blood speaks from a shrill cry of recognition... Read Full Overview

Illustrierte Ausgabe mit Originalfotos aus dem 1. Weltkrieg -Foto (Ernst J nger als Soldat) -Foto (Grabenkrieg an der Westfront) -Landkarte (Europa 1914) -Foto (Als 1918 die US-Amerikaner eintrafen, wendete sich das Blatt) -Foto (Der Alltag der Soldaten in den Sch tzengr ben... Read Full Overview