They thought it was just something or nothing but they were court-martialled and they were sentenced to be shot, subject to Sir Douglas Haig. These two men got drunk and they wandered away and got caught. Because of this I gradually lost the terrible fear of being wounded or killed.ġ3. However, after a while I got used to the idea of dying young. Strangely, it had a sort of soothing effect and prevented me from worrying too much. For a young man who had a long and worthwhile future awaiting him, it was not easy to expect death almost daily. Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.įrench soldier Henri Barbusse, in his novel “Le Feu”, 1915.ġ2. We’re telling lies we know we’re telling lies we don’t tell the public the truth, that we’re losing more officers than the Germans, and that it’s impossible to get through on the Western Front.ġ1. This war, like the next war, is a war to end war.ġ0. Winston Churchill in a letter to a friend – 1916.ĩ. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can’t help it - I enjoy every second of it. I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. Henry Ford, returning from his unofficial peace mission, December 24, 1915.Ĩ. I didn’t get much peace, but I heard in Norway that Russia might well become a huge market for tractors soon. If the women in the factories stopped work for twenty minutes, the Allies would lose the war.įrench Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief Joseph Joffre.ħ. Should the worst happen Australia would rally to the Mother Country to help and defend her to our last man and our last shilling.Īndrew Fisher, Australian politician, August 1914.Ħ. Kaiser Wilhelm commenting on the Serbian response to Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum 1914.ĥ. A great moral victory for Vienna, but with it, every reason for war disappears.”
We cannot afford to leave out any recruit who can wear a helmet.Ĥ. German Social Democrat Wilhelm Liebknecht, 1893.ģ. Since it came into existence, our party has not given to the German army a single man or a single penny. There has been a constant tendency on the part of almost every nation to increase its armed force.īritish Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury, 1898.Ģ. *The above quote was said by Gerhard Gürtler, Kanonier of the 111 Bavarian Corps, Artillery.ġ. Here are 21 quotes by significant figures who lived at the time of the First World War. Just as art embodied the Great War, so did the words of those who lived concurrent with the conflict. Such a monumental event naturally had far-reaching cultural effects. Furthermore the economic impact of the war was as unparalleled as the butchery. Technology had changed warfare so significantly that it enabled unprecedented death and destruction. The First World War marked all those who had a hand in it or experienced it in any way.
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