German Lieutenant Ernst Jünger fought all of World War I on the front lines of the western front in northern France (near Cambrai). Storm of Steel is his famous account of the fighting, produced from the journal(s) he kept throughout the conflict. Trench warfare, gas attacks, the fog of war, resting in towns (most of which would be reduce to rubble), the shocking amount of destruction . . . it's all here.
This book is straightforward and matter-of-fact. There are few observations on war, reflections on the horrors, etc. Jünger simply tells what happened, and leaves the reader to contemplate it all. It sounded horrible. But we need to read things like this. We need to remember.
Rating: A
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