World War I or the First World War, lasted for four years. The war was fought between two groups, the Allies and the Central Powers. Beginning in Europe there were around 16 million casualties through these four year of war. Using trench warfare as a strategy, the soldiers would live on this trenches, waiting for the next battle or round of shooting from the opposing side on the other end of the field. The area between the trenches was known as “No Man’s land.” In “Memoirs of an Infantry Officer,” after Sherston was not permitted to fight, he traveled into No Man’s Land to collect the dead or wounded soldiers when the Germans resigned from firing. An admirable trait from Sassoon is that he included these details of the war perfectly, he used very good descriptive words to display what was going through George’s mind and what he was physically doing. By this far in the book the excitement of war had finally heated
World War I or the First World War, lasted for four years. The war was fought between two groups, the Allies and the Central Powers. Beginning in Europe there were around 16 million casualties through these four year of war. Using trench warfare as a strategy, the soldiers would live on this trenches, waiting for the next battle or round of shooting from the opposing side on the other end of the field. The area between the trenches was known as “No Man’s land.” In “Memoirs of an Infantry Officer,” after Sherston was not permitted to fight, he traveled into No Man’s Land to collect the dead or wounded soldiers when the Germans resigned from firing. An admirable trait from Sassoon is that he included these details of the war perfectly, he used very good descriptive words to display what was going through George’s mind and what he was physically doing. By this far in the book the excitement of war had finally heated