Belgia i front zachodni
w listach Saksończyków w armii niemieckiej
Belgium and the Western Front
in the Letters os Saxon Soldiers of the German Imperial Army
Author(s): Bartosz KaczmarekSubject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Instytut Historii UJK - Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
Keywords: The Great War; 1914; western front; Flanders; Curt Penther
Summary/Abstract: The article is a translation and analysis of some selected parts of letters written ina span of four years (1914-1918) by Erich Kühn, Curt Penther, Hans Brückner andRobert Reichel, Saxons and soldiers of the German Imperial Army, that took part inGerman invasion of Belgium and then were stationed in Flanders. They described ingreat detail not only the aspects of trench warfare, but also the every day life of Germansoldier in the occupied country. The article aims to reconstruct the depiction of thewestern front, Belgium and Belgians, through the words of a German soldiers.
Journal: Piotrkowskie Zeszyty Historyczne
- Issue Year: 23/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 37-71
- Page Count: 35
- Language: Polish