FALLEN GERMAN SOLDIER STILL WEARING HIS HELMET IN NO MAN'S LAND SOMEWHERE ON THE WESTERN FRONT

  


Fallen German soldier still wearing his helmet in no man's land somewhere on the Western Front, ca. 1918.

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The following is 19-year-old Danish-German soldier Asmus Andresen's diary entry from the Western Front sobre an incident on May 28, 1918 - today 106 years ago. Translated by myself:

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"On May 28 I saw one of my comrades walking around very disheartened and not saying a word; when I asked what was wrong, since he looked so defeated, he said that he didn't know, but he was probably ill.

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That was in the morning, but in the afternoon, while we stood by the artillery cannons, he approached our Officer to report his sickness. Just as he stood and spoke, a shell struck, and a fragment tore his forehead open and exposed his brain; in silence he collapsed to the ground to never rise again. There were many others besides him who foresaw a similar fate."

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