Combed out of civilian life and into the ranks, Voigt records squad drill, fatigue parties, detachments, petty tyranny and the casual brutality of army routine, in England and then in France. Encounters with German prisoners who think no better of their own generals sharpen his sense that the common soldier on both sides was used and discarded.
An unsparing ranker’s memoir by the future Manchester Guardian correspondent, for readers of Sassoon and Graves. Download the free EPUB.