We all have to do the best we can with the hand we're dealt

No way! 🙄

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Amen

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Certain voices are just so soothing to sleep by!

Look uo 'Bloodlands:

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Brittish rapid fire rifle skill, saved us on the Marne.

@@scottleft3672 And previously at Mons and then at Smith-Dorrien's stand at Le Cateau. It was his intense and intelligent training of British infantry in 1907-12 while OC Aldershot Command that enabled the BEF to deliver 15 aimed rounds per minute to devastating effect gaving Von Kluck's 1st Army pause for serious thought.

We are all there to one degree or another. But we hold the line and the vertical!

Thank you, friend, for your support and inspiration! Help, tell me how to support those who need it? “Keep on your feet” is a phrase that calls for perseverance and determination in the face of adversity. He suggests that even when someone falls or fails, they should keep getting up and trying again. This is a message of hope and resilience. Thank you!

*_This audiobook is a firsthand account of the experiences of a German soldier during World War I, written by an anonymous author who did not wish to make his name public for fear of reprisals against his relatives. The book describes the realities of the war from the perspective of an ordinary soldier and includes a description of the retreat of the German army after the Battle of the Marne. Interestingly, the book was published in serial form in the United States and reportedly generated much interest due to its vivid portrayal of the harsh realities of war._*

@@PricelessAudiobooks yeah ,an underground gem as I m starting to see . Thanks for is a better work then Storm of steel in my opinion

@@dariusalexandru9536 That's correct. Storm of Steel is a memoir written by Ernst Jünger, a German officer who served on the Western Front during World War I. It describes his experiences as a soldier, including his time in the trenches and his participation in various battles. The book is written in a matter-of-fact style and does not take a clear stand on war or the moral implications of Jünger's experiences. In contrast, The War Experience of a German Deserter by an anonymous, for reasons already known, author and Western Front is an anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque that explores war's psychological and emotional effects on soldiers. The story is highly critical of the war and presents a bleak view of the human cost of conflict.

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Communists are anti-war, except when they're not.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience war from the perspective of an abandoned soldier?

A German deserter's war experience *_by Julius Koettgen_* 17 editions published between 1917 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 322 libraries worldwide In 1913 Julius Koettgen, a pacifist and a socialist was drafted into the ranks of sapper battalion No. 30. He dutifully fought in the ranks of the Kaiser's armies during 1914 and 1915 and saw action in France and Belgium where he describes the terrible events which were to become known as 'the rape of Belgium' and also details the extent of the fighting, including being forced to form part of a firing squad, crossing the Meuse under heavy fire, using corpses as road building materials annihilating a cavalry charge hand to hand bayonet fighting, and the awful events of the disastrous German retreat from the Marne. With the onset of trench warfare, Koettgen also experienced the horrors of trench warfare and the famous Christmas truce of 1914. In 1915 he decided that enough was enough and escaped military life by deserting the colors and slipping through the lines to neutral Holland

Seems dramatically over written.Good semi fiction though.

@@vaughanpower4538 Not a semi-fiction, not a fiction, but a real horror.

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The main character in this book was a communist was not a National Socialist. There is a slight difference.

@@phetes810 The words that come out of their mouths are different. Their actions and the societies they create are equally inhuman.

You couldn't be more wrong. Hitler despised socialists and they were the first people sent to the concentration camps. The man would have never entered power had his campaign not been funded by the capitalist oligarchs in Germany at that time (Krupp, Volkswagen, etc) in direct response to socialism which was super popular then. So no national socialism was not socialism in the same way China isn't a democratic republic (the Nazis tended to lie about a lot of things).

@@MrFrogNo3 The democratic socialists were the Wiemar politicians, international socialists were the soviets, National socialists were....need i say more....o.k...here..."The money pigs of capitalist democracy… Money has made slaves of us… Money is the curse of mankind. It smothers the seed of everything great and good. Every penny is sticky with sweat and blood. Quoted in The Nazi Party 1919-1945: A Complete History, Dietrich Orlow, New York: NY, Enigma Books, 2012, p 61. Goebbels’ article, “Nationalsozialisten aus Berlin und aus dem Reich”, Voelkischer Beobachter, February 4, 1927 One class has fulfilled its historical mission and is about to yield to another. The bourgeoisie has to yield to the working class ... Whatever is about to fall should be pushed. We are all soldiers of the revolution. We want the workers' victory over filthy lucre. That is socialism. Quoted in Doctor Goebbels: His Life and Death, Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel, New York, NY, Skyhorse Publishing, 2010 p. 25, conversation with Hertha Holk If we were only anti-Semites, we would be out-of-place in the twentieth century. However, we are also socialists. For us, the two go together. Der Nazi-Sozi, Elberfeld: Verlag der Nationalsozialistischen Briefe, (1927) Production that is essentially completed, which no longer requires strength, ability, inventiveness, entrepreneurship and brilliance (e.g., the transportation system, trusts, conglomerates) will be brought back to state ownership. ..Goebbels.

@@scottleft3672 Uh yah. Any historian would tell you Hitler lied a lot to gain the support of socialists. He even attended a prominent Communist's funeral in mourning black. It's all a game, are you really quoting Hitler to make a point as if Hitler is known as a man of truth and morals. No, the proof is in the pudding, Hitler's campaign was funded by capitalists in order to directly block German socialism, he privatised pretty much all nationalised industry, got rid of all unions, and both the socialist and communist parties were dissolved and their members were executed or sent to concerntration camps. Many of them participating in forced labour for the very corporations that were essential in Hitler's rise to power.

I did both, Scott, shortly after recording this a few years ago. Only wish I'd done so earlier. LS

Lee Smalley My 58 year old ears made out fine. Thanks for reading the book.

For Librivox, this narrator is amazing. Be thankful for what you have.

For a librivox it's actually excellent.

@@leesma You are the reader?😲 Well done.