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@lifeofmortis6732

3 жыл бұрын

I think storm of steel is better because it’s not fiction, it’s the experience of an man who wanted to feel and experience that what he had to go through. Also I think its more important to understand what the veterans had to go through and not to say all was bad. Also when I read about such wars I prefer historical over fiction because it’s history and the 1. World war is the really the first war my country fought in as a united country. (Yes I am German) May all soldiers Rest In Peace.

@lifeofmortis6732

3 жыл бұрын

And also I am probably going to read both books

@ulriksteenandersen4215

3 жыл бұрын

Last Summer I read both books and tried to compare them, though not as well as you have done. I prefer Storm of Steel (though the version I read was a later one translater to my native language) because it is non-fiction and displays the war pretty much how Jünger experienced it: bravery, surrender, comeradery, despair, hope and destruction. Though Jünger does seem to be a one-of-a-kind soldier, his accounts offer a better opportunity for the reader to interpret the book, the war and the author in his own way than All Quiet, where the author's message "the war was not worth it" is clearly understood. I can highly recommend: Thomas Dinesen's: "No Man's Land" (In English: Merry Hell!: A Dane with the Canadians.) which are his memoirs from the war. He writes in the same raw style as Jünger does, about his journey from Danish Civillian to a highly decorated soldier in the Canadian Army. The book covers many of the same subjects as Storm of Steel, but shows the war from the side of the Entente; a man who really, really wants to join the war.

@toddhoward3846

3 жыл бұрын

All Quiet on the Western Front fucking broke me. It is the book that turned me into a staunch pacifist. Oh my god, the ending.

@vennonetes4805

3 жыл бұрын

I've personally enjoyed and appreciated Junger's Eumeswill and Glass bees so, in a way, I'm going counter chronologically and the great war is coming soon-ish. From what I've read of his later years I'm kind of cheering for his work tho I reckon his younger books might have some kind of, I don't know, "Wagnerian heroic bloodlust and drama" (does it make sense?) which I understand but feel is, if even slightly, over simplistic. I mean, the Kaiserschlacht was the swansong of the Imperial German Army and I don't think it could have really been "the decisive battle/offensive to win the war", but hey, it's just my opinion and I'm not an expert.

Honestly it's amazing to me that Ernst Junger fought in WW1, fought in WW2, lived through the cold war, and saw Germany reunited, before dying.

@jekabsojarsulskis9740

3 жыл бұрын

Reunification was probably one of the best days of his life.

@lorddodge2867

3 жыл бұрын

@@jekabsojarsulskis9740 I don't think so. As he himself said the worst day of his life was the day WW1 was lost. He wasn't a fan of the states that came after the German Empire (although he wasn't really a monarchist, he valued tradition and the German Identity)

@dimitriosdrossidis9633

3 жыл бұрын

@@lorddodge2867 I think it has more to do with the fact, that after ww2 many people saw how close he was to a Nazi and didn't want anything to do with him

@finnishboo4192

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitriosdrossidis9633 ?

@Vuda22

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitriosdrossidis9633 "He was close to a nazi" Are you dilusional? He hated the nazis, as did a majority of the nationalist and prussian officers, in fact here are some quotes from the wiki: "As a famous war hero and prominent nationalist critic of the Weimar Republic, the ascendant Nazi Party (NSDAP) courted Jünger as a natural ally, but Jünger rejected such advances. When Jünger moved to Berlin in 1927, he rejected an offer of a seat in the Reichstag for the NSDAP. In 1930, he openly denounced Hitler's suppression of the Rural People's Movement.[14] In the 22 October 1932 edition of Völkischer Beobachter, the article "Das endlose dialektische Gespräch" ("the never-ending dialectical debate") attacked Jünger for his rejection of the "blood and soil" doctrine, accusing him of being an "intellectualist" and a liberal.[15] Jünger again refused a seat offered to him in the Reichstag following the Nazi Party's ascension to power in January 1933, and he refused the invitation to head the German Academy of Literature (Die deutsche Akademie der Dichtung)." "He and his brother Friedrich Georg quit the "Traditionsverein der 73er" (veteran's organization of the Hanoverian regiment they had served during World War I) when its Jewish members were expelled." "Jünger appears on the fringes of the Stauffenberg bomb plot. He was clearly an inspiration to anti-Nazi conservatives in the German Army,[20] and while in Paris he was close to the old, mostly Prussian, officers who carried out the assassination attempt against Hitler."

that last scene really gets me specially when you think it's a real life event

@finnISHY

3 жыл бұрын

yeah honestly i knew nothing about all quiet on the western front before i read it. I thought the whole thing was a first hand account just published under a different name. that last bit shocked me

@thedeadwarrior1828

3 жыл бұрын

@@finnISHY no i meant storm of steel when he lets the british guy lives

@athena4043

3 жыл бұрын

♥♥♥♥♥

@alfredredl326

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedeadwarrior1828 weird, I thought he killed the British guy. It fits so much more

@MajorCoolD

3 жыл бұрын

@@alfredredl326 Why? A heavily wounded enemy is hardly a threat... and it shows both Ernst' character and shows something about the nature of war. The thing that makes it both utterly horrible and strangely appealing, which perfectly describes mankind's strange fascination with war and why we can seemingly never leave it behind us. As he jumps in there, he is a beast, a savage, an unfeeling killing machine, driven on by instinct, adrenaline, propelled onwards by a primal feeling of conflict and triumphm, the ultimate reaffirmation of his worth and his justification to exist, as he's filled by a sense of purpose, duty and being part of something much greater than himself, he is bloodthirst and rage incarnate... the true chaos of war enveloped him. And yet, as he is given time to reconsider, to think, to feel beyond the manic beast that slumbers deep within every man, he is able to reasoning prevail... what threat is that man to him? He's clearly defeated, their lines overrun, most likely bound to be captured and taken prisoner. In a conflict to determine the destiny of nations it is about breaking the enemy's resistance... not to nessecarily erradicate the enemy and kill everyone who oposes you. It is first and foremost a conflict of will and only then a conflict of resources. And that is the calculating, cold and reasonable aspect of war. War for all intents and purposes is a great catalyst in human history and an accellerator of many things, lots of progress is made in science and also in social norms and revolutions in that regard... women's rights would have NEVER gained as much traction as they did in the wake of WW1 when women were actively working in the factories and as field nurses in numbers unseen before. Medicine also tends to progress rapidly in the course of war... All of this... means that War isnt all bad, despite it's terrible nature... it says something about human nature, the innate ugliness and the inner beast of human experience and that in all likelihood it will always be a shadow upon our heel. Food for thought.

All Quiet be like: "That poor french men, we are two of the same" Storm of Steel be like: "Bludgeoned that french guy with a shovel, I dont feel anything"

@shittymcrvids3119

2 жыл бұрын

the two moods

@TheAtmosfear7

2 жыл бұрын

*Bludgeoned that British guy. Jünger doesn’t see many French soldiers in his account.

@hotlinetech151

2 жыл бұрын

Too accurate lmao

@copperclanker7893

Жыл бұрын

Storm of Steel emphasizes the moment. All Quiet is reminiscing on the horrors of the past

@AR-GuidesAndMore

Жыл бұрын

Jünger had at some point a mini truce with the british they where opposit to because the trenches on both sides where beeing flooded by rainfall. So no he was not just a bloodthirsty maniac. And he showed real admiration for his enemies on multiple occasions. However he also didnt hestitate to throw grenades in dug outs when the occupants didnt surrender fast enough, or they had not time to waste. Dicotomy of the warrior.

All Quiet: "Ah sweet! Man-made horrors beyond comprehension." Storm: "Well, I can comprehend these man-made horrors just fine so, idk maybe you have a skill issue or smth."

@Theangryscallywag.

3 ай бұрын

He was Just a human so still was scared, He didnt Like war but He liked the experiences.

@theducknamednewepicla9507

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Hwje1111

8 күн бұрын

Lmao imagine Remarque struggling to read some sort of eldritch horror fantasy text, while Junger reads it just fine as if its any other foreign language.

Damn, let that sink in. Ernst Jünger witnessed World War 1, World War 2, the division-, and even the reunion of germany with his own eyes.

@nicbahtin4774

2 жыл бұрын

the man saw the rise and fall of 4 German states imagine that

@Wyatt125

2 жыл бұрын

he did'nt just witness he fought in both

@jensjensen9035

2 жыл бұрын

He witnessed germany at its peak and then now. Sad to think about seeing your nation get crippled like that

@drnota472

Жыл бұрын

@@jensjensen9035 nah current germany is ok

@jensjensen9035

Жыл бұрын

@@drnota472 In no way whatsoever is modern Germany ok

It’s always funny to me, if I told most people: Here’s two books on WW1, one of them is a dark negative account about and average soldier just trying to make it through, and the other is about a soldier who rises through the ranks and becomes an elite soldier, is wounded several times but always returns and fights to the end. Guess which one is fiction. Nobody’s gonna pick All Quiet.

@danielescalantedemedeiros.

Жыл бұрын

You have a point

@lions4eva

Жыл бұрын

You're actually right. wow

@BlackChungaChanga

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but Erich Maria was describing his experience, he was even called Paul when he was at war, but then he changed his name, and called his protagonist Paul. Ernst was showing a cool dude that knows how to fight and Erich was showing a kid at war

@ottovonbearsmark8876

11 ай бұрын

@@BlackChungaChanga except that Remarque fought for about a month before being wounded and never seeing combat again. All Quiet is based some on his own experience, but is largely based off various experiences of people he knew, all woven together into a fictional story. My point is they both went in young and naive, Jünger saw far more of the horrors of war and came out significantly more optimistic about the whole affair. It shows an interesting difference in personalities.

@xRENEGADE156

10 ай бұрын

@@BlackChungaChanga Junger developed into that "cool dude" throughout the book. He was like 18 or 19 when he joined. He then rapid went on to be commissioned as an officer and ended up winning a 1st class iron cross and the Pour le Mérite (highest award for Germans at the time, very rare; also awarded to The Red Baron). Truly a meteoric military career.

“That one man of all often appeared in my dreams. I hope that meant he got to see his homeland again.” -Ernst Junger about the British Soldier he spared.

@comradekenobi6908

Жыл бұрын

The British soldier that spared Hitler: 0_0

@monsignor2943

Жыл бұрын

Ok that got me to cry a little bit

@axelgamer5342

11 ай бұрын

I dont remember where i read It but Jünger also spared Tolkien.

@Rokaize

11 ай бұрын

@@axelgamer5342What? No? How would anyone even know who it was? The chances of that are incredibly small

@axelgamer5342

11 ай бұрын

@@Rokaize "also",, not that specific soldier.

All Quite on the Western front War is Hell: 💀 The Storm of Steel War is Hell: 🗿

My favorite part of SoS is how straightforward Jünger about describing certain things. Like the part near the end when he gets shot is the chest and falls to the bottom of the trench, then when someone helps him up he writes something along the lines of ‘I could feel the blood drain from my lungs through the hole in my chest, I was relieved as it made breathing much easier’

@Peter-vf3dl

Жыл бұрын

The cause of these differences might lay in the fact, that Remarque wrote most of his novel with the help and stories told him by fellow comrades. Remarque served like only a couple of weeks at the actual frontline, whereas Jünger had not only first hand experiences - he accomplished really crazy recon-missions himself and saved his brother on the battlefield -, but was stationed at the direct frontline for months if not years.

@MalikCarr

Жыл бұрын

A lot of German war memoirs are extremely punctual and to-the-point like that. Rudel's Stuka Pilot is another good example, it's very much "This happened, this happened, that happened, it made me feel this way, then this other thing happened..."

@lewisdarby5933

Жыл бұрын

@@MalikCarr Same with Infantry Attacks by Rommel. But strangely there is actually a sense of poetry and beauty in a lot of these works as well imbetween the rationality.

@streigl1935

Жыл бұрын

The meticulous way of describing things shines bright in his books about insect hunting or his Lsd trips. Even in his political essay "Der Waldgang" he is quite on point in describing political situations and changes. His conclusion on the other hand is nebulous and elitist as it can be.

@longiusaescius2537

Жыл бұрын

@Streigl problem?

The injured British guy: “Wheew thank god I had a random picture of some guy’s family!”

@granola661

2 жыл бұрын

**Proceeds to commit war crimes without consequences**

@Cooldude-ko7ps

Жыл бұрын

Nope. The picture was of his family. Junger could see that the soldiers face matched the guy in the photo.

@unpapelcascaron7463

Жыл бұрын

@@Cooldude-ko7ps how do you know?

@Cooldude-ko7ps

Жыл бұрын

@@unpapelcascaron7463 I don’t. Just a reasonable assumption

@TheFuryKnight

Жыл бұрын

It seems like you never got outside or you simply think that most Englishman look similar, listen to mate plastic surgery is popular in Asian countries but not in England that much maybe but still in that time people don't do it...

The main problem I have with "Storm of Steel" is that it tends to overshadow Jünger's later work and life. WW1 and his experiences in the trenches in many ways only laid the foundations for one of the most interesting personal and literary biographies of the 20th century.

@IMfromNYCity

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, Storm of Steel is also incomplete. Ernst Junger wrote a massive war diary during WW1, and Storm of Steel only captured a small part of his war experience. For instance, when the video at 2:58 says that Ernst Junger did not talk about sex in his book, his unedited war diary actually talked about his romantic liaison with a local French woman and his constant sexual urges. Luckily, his unedited war diary was just published in Germany a few years ago. Sadly however, it has not been translated to English yet.

@mistasomen

2 жыл бұрын

@Koshiro2k3 I'm intrigued, any recommendations for some of his later works?

@cameron4562

2 жыл бұрын

@@mistasomen Pain is a good one. It’s a philosophical work.

@mistasomen

2 жыл бұрын

@@cameron4562 thanks for the tip. Weird, can't find it in German, only in English.

@karlmodry716

Жыл бұрын

@@mistasomen The Forest Passage

Jünger’s accounts remind me of war as it is described in the Iliad. Sure there is tragedy, but also a slew of other events and emotions that can only be experienced and understood by the soldiers who fight.

@fenixman2

2 жыл бұрын

@Pinko Slink Youre a fool if you think war is good, but there is a case of it being glorious, or at least beautiful in a morbid way.

@abnerdoon4902

2 жыл бұрын

@Pinko SlinkIt'd be funny if you're commenting this as a westerner since that is how the west fights its wars these days.

@damienchall8297

2 жыл бұрын

@@fenixman2 war itself is neutral

@gnomeimporta6912

Жыл бұрын

@@abnerdoon4902 The West can fight this way because they curbstomped your ancestors in any other way before lol

@damienchall8297

Жыл бұрын

@brandovlogs yes it is because war can be waged for any reason under the sun war itself is neutral

What struck me most about Storm of Steel was Junger's growing awareness of just how screwed Germany was. It starts with shortages of eggs and other high-quality foods (even potatoes are a rare luxury). Then observations of how well-equipped their enemies are. Then, finally, after the Kaiserschlacht, when he sees that the full might of the German Empire, with the eastern front resolved, is still not enough to break the Entente--that's when he realizes the war is lost. He understood that, I think, better than almost anyone else in Europe at the time. I have to say I prefer it to "All Quiet," if for no other reason than Junger's meditation on the triumph of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming material force. Even if his men die, he says, they will have won because their will did not break.

@olenickel6013

2 жыл бұрын

What an awful, but very imperial German kind of moral.

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

@@olenickel6013 Awful? why.

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

Its amazing how touching the book is considering that it is hardly more than an impartial recollection of events.

@angloirishcad

Жыл бұрын

In the latter battle scenes he vividly illustrates how the British force moving on them was better equipped, more artillery etc and that the situation was pretty hopeless

@kebabdefender49

Жыл бұрын

@@leafboy3967 Awful because he is a pacifist, he would rather be chained and enslaved rather than fight for the freedom and glory of his own nation.

Your channel is criminally underrated, man. Best wishes from Italy

@skullyboi1215

3 жыл бұрын

Is it fine if i do the same but from finland

@10bears60

3 жыл бұрын

@@skullyboi1215 sure, but only because you fucked up Stalin during the Winter War.

@ali-zl9ls

3 жыл бұрын

same, from egypt ❤️❤️

@davidelabarile1634

3 жыл бұрын

ave cumpa!!! so contento di trova n altro italico com a me qua!!!

@giovannicostantini1637

3 жыл бұрын

Ah un uomo di cultura vedo

It’s so common to hear a lot of anti war stuff, which is totally reasonable and understandable, but to hear someone’s whose actually pro war is so fascinating.

@sirsteam6455

Жыл бұрын

It is interesting how both have their reasons and is shaped by different kinds of people but it is weird how it isn't looked at more often in literature or works of fiction.

@Myname-cb9ru

Жыл бұрын

War is when a society is brought to its breaking point. It's when it develops fastest and is essentially an accelerated process of natural selection. Technology, culture, the economy all change to meet the existential challenge that war is, or they break. It's not just good for personal development, but also for societal development.

@magistrate3343

Жыл бұрын

@@Myname-cb9ru ...You do know that the Darwinian line of thinking led to the very preventable outbreak of WWI partially, right? Especially in Germany, with unsubstantiated fears that Germany "needed to solidify its place as a world power" rather than "slowly decline", when in fact Germany's constant attempts to expand its empire and its influence drove Britain and France away from friendly relations with Germany. Pre-WWI, German society was developing well economically, and it's commonly believed that a constitutional monarchy would have occurred naturally in Germany given the demands of its Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party, meaning its political situation was also relatively stable (despite divides being present). To deem war an "accelerated process of natural selection" is to oversimplify war. Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz summarized it succinctly: "War is a continuation of politics by other means". This is how most forms of war are typically waged, as an advancement of ideals or goals that does not typically result in the complete annihilation of one side. War does not always act as a definitive "end all be all", but what you're looking for in your definition is when a war becomes a TOTAL WAR, the commitment of all resources available to a society along with the civilian population. Total war - unlike any other form of war - is staking the foundations of a society on a conflict they believe to be imperative. This was precisely the nature of WWI and precisely the reason why Germany losing this war led to massive societal upheaval in the Interwar period.

@1320crusier

Жыл бұрын

Then Russo-Ukrainian war says otherwise. Do not be naive about human nature

@dave_sic1365

Жыл бұрын

​@brandovlogs they aren't inherently evil.

Joshua Graham reference 5:58 You are now idolized by The New Vegas community

@giovannicostantini1637

3 жыл бұрын

Yooo man i thought to myself "where i hear that reference before" but now i remember ty mate

@akramgimmini8165

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@Darin-Laus

3 жыл бұрын

We can't expect god to do all the work

@marcus4046

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ-XltSqgM7FhdY.html

I read All Quiet two years ago and i’m reading storm of steel now, I felt this video was made for me

@crowmaster221

3 жыл бұрын

Nichts neues im Westen

@hedgeknight3194

3 жыл бұрын

@@crowmaster221 unt stahlgwitter

@julianstein8004

3 жыл бұрын

@@crowmaster221 Im Westen nichts Neues

@julianstein8004

3 жыл бұрын

@@hedgeknight3194 In Stahlgewittern

@hedgeknight3194

3 жыл бұрын

Nichtsstahl westerngewittern im

the fact that junger saw the kaiser abdicate, the weimar republic overthrown, the soviets and allies march into berlin, the country partitioned and then reunited again all in the same lifetime. what a guy.

Man, this is wild. I subbed to you because of the Victoria 2 guide, and here I am watching some great polandball content. Great job man.

@bob-vt7hy

3 жыл бұрын

same

@davidelabarile1634

3 жыл бұрын

same

@goganii

3 жыл бұрын

same

@meneither3834

3 жыл бұрын

same

@Vjatka

3 жыл бұрын

same

what i love about when Junger describes the scene of him sparing a british man, is that he doesn't embellishes it, he just says what happened, like he didn't sat with the soldier and shared a cigarette, or tended to his wounds or talked to him, he just saw no purpose in killing a man that was like him and wasn't a threat to anyone, so he just moved on, he still had work to do and his nation to protect, so he just keep on going, that was just amazing

@nathanseper8738

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty interesting. It also implies Storm of Steel isn't merely propaganda, but a "warts and all" tale of conflict.

@Rokaize

11 ай бұрын

@@nathanseper8738Have you read it? It isn’t propaganda. It’s actually pretty candid. He comments on a lot of his own mistakes and failings in the book. He gets some of his own men killed since he’s in a leadership position. And he openly admits it. He has a rollercoaster of emotions throughout the book from extreme excitement and adrenaline from close quarters violence. To breaking down and crying over the loss of his men. It’s a really wild and fascinating book.

@junioradult6219

6 ай бұрын

​@@Rokaizethats why i prefer jungers, its the full range of emojions a professional soldier could exp in ww1. Plus its not fiction

It should also be noted that Remarque was conscripted and only served for just over a month, and based most of his novel on letters he was sent by friends. Meanwhile Junger enlisted and served for the entirety of the war, with exception of his two stints of being wounded near the start and near the end. Junger received 4 awards for his service, including the German version of the Medal of Honor, called the Pour le Merite. I love both works, but comparing the two really is comparing a war hero to someone who didn't even want to be there in the first place.

@yurashida

Жыл бұрын

i think that actually provides an interesting contrast and show the different experience they both had, though i think junger became slightly disturbed and probably brainwashed with propaganda i still appreciate his work as much as remarque’s.

@MalikCarr

Жыл бұрын

It makes a lot more sense when you consider the source material. All Quiet is a distillation of many shitty and soul-crushing experiences while Storm is a narrative of one man's highs and lows across the war.

@Daniel-jm7ts

Жыл бұрын

all quite on the western front is a work of ficiton which resulted from a collection of many soliders accounts. It also represents the majority of german soldiers more than jungers book, since most of the german soldiers were conscripted/joined because of blind nationalism, peer pressure or naivity regarding war. Jungers book probably represents better the view of a professional soldier

@anthonyle1838

Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-jm7ts also I think when you were talking about the school boys that were enlisted. See Germany didn't do a full conscription of every fighting age man they did it later in the war these were barely trained conscripts with barely one month of training that doesn't create soldier that creates cannon fodder

@basedkaiser5352

6 ай бұрын

It's actually fascinating to see how Jünger was one of the least affected by the propaganda. Jünger was a nationalist but he wasn't really enthralled by his country's propaganda, he had his own idea of nationalism. As a result of this, he didn't fall for the nazi's propaganda during their rise and during WW2. Ernst Jünger was an interesting man to say the least.

Polska feels pain of much sadness

@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096

3 жыл бұрын

Strange, since it's a german book on a world war

@FrontlinerCdV

3 жыл бұрын

Being Polska is suffering.....

@finnishboo4192

3 жыл бұрын

@@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096 polska was under austrian german and russian opression/rule

@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096

3 жыл бұрын

@@finnishboo4192 i know, that's why i said it

@corneliuscapitalinus845

3 жыл бұрын

'German book? So Germany is much suffering? Polksa cannot hide tears of joy, is so movings.'

A very interesting book related to this is Remarques follow up „der Weg zurück“ - „the way back“. It’s describing a similar group of soldiers as in all quiet on the western Front after the war; constantly struggling with the new world that arose, the old elites just leaving without taking responsibility and their personal development that makes return to civilian life hard. But it doesn’t leave out the good parts, after all its a book about not constantly being in danger anymore. The relief is there, but it’s drowned by many other things. I can’t recommend all quiet on the western front enough, it’s probably one of the best and most famous works of German literature. But the way back is worth a shot too.

@ChipitaDraws

3 жыл бұрын

"Der Weg zurück" is also connected to All Quiet on the Western Front, as the main character knew the protagonist of the first book.

@johgu92

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChipitaDraws Also some minor characters as Tjaden appear in both books.

@kaloyanborisov7063

2 жыл бұрын

The protagonist there is called Ernst too

You should read : Journey to the End of the Night Its a famous french book about ww1

@hashbrown_blitz8869

3 жыл бұрын

1st sentence: we defended untill the british had evacuated only then did we surrender... ..which was 10 minutes

@meneither3834

3 жыл бұрын

@@hashbrown_blitz8869 we said WW1.

@vinz4066

Жыл бұрын

@@hashbrown_blitz8869 The door is that way

@angloirishcad

Жыл бұрын

@@hashbrown_blitz8869 But then the British saved us later so we could go back to maman et papa

That part of storm of steel is certainly interesting. Compassion, where I'd expect none.

@def3ndr887

3 жыл бұрын

We push, they push, and sometimes we push so hard the clouds begin to part and show us the world beyond the war. Just out of reach.

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have only read the 5th edition but throughout the book I cant think of a single time he talks about a a other person in a negative way. In one of his first encounters with British solders he mentions how impressed he was at their bravery.

@Rokaize

11 ай бұрын

@@leafboy3967True. He’s like the ultimate “honorable” warrior archetype. He never killed out of hatred or to just cause pain. He’s just doing his job.

@Vacerous

6 ай бұрын

There is another instant where the German and British trench sections begin to flood, each side comes face to face then begins to share supplies like cigarettes. They enjoy themselves until the rain clears enough for another trench section to open fire on them. Each side rushes back to their trenches, apologizing to the other.

If "All Quiet" is the "Apokalypse Now" of WW1 literature then "Storm of Steel" is it's "Starship Troopers".

@percsaturn6963

3 жыл бұрын

Thats discrediting the talent and meaning behind storm of steal

@JanitorScruffy

2 жыл бұрын

I think he's referring to the book not the movie, Starship Troopers the book is actually read in military academies. Plenty of Marine officers I have met read it religiously.

@Tragicide

2 жыл бұрын

Evrybody and their mothers: all there is, is All Quiet on the Western Front Callmeezikiel: No, there is another. Me: you mean there is another side to the story that’s been out for 100 years that nobody’s told me about?

@aaronmuller1024

2 жыл бұрын

@@JanitorScruffy That explains a lot.

@wouterkessel5030

2 жыл бұрын

@@JanitorScruffy To be honest starship troopers the book is if nothing else, interesting philosophy wise, however it is horrible in how its combat and emotional moments read, unlike Storm of Steel where both of those are described far more interestingly

Storm of steel's most absurd moment of joy was when Ernst went in a scouting mission, he got thrown off by a mine, he gets up, his pals seeing him and bullets buzzing in. Ernst takes off his coat(he was hot), " NOW THE LIEUTENANT IS TAKING OFF HIS COAT YOU HEAR???" (referring to the Frenchies) Or when at the trench, right before an enemy assault, all artillery breaks loose, they spot a hare just crossing amid the fire, and the whole platoon, just start shooting at the hare from the tension of the imminent fight. Gosh I love that book.

Ernst Jünger's crowning achievement in WW1, described in the last part of the book, is receiving the "Pour le Mérite", otherwise known as the Blue Max, the highest Prussian/German decoration in existence at the time. For a long time until his death, he was the last living recipient of the military class of this decoration. (There was also, and continues to be, a civilian class which was still awarded after 1918, unlike the military class.) (Take the following anecdote with a pinch of salt. It was told to me by a professor of history, but I can't source-check it atm). Apparently a regularly banquet was/is held for recipients of the PLM. When the bearers of the military class PLM had mostly passed away, it was thought it could be done away with for them. But Ernst Jünger, being Ernst Jünger, continued to insist it be held for him and him alone, and so it was. For several decades.

@deviousalemanni4235

3 жыл бұрын

I would have said the same

@kingkoi6542

Жыл бұрын

@@deviousalemanni4235 And honestly you would've earned it.

Earnst Yunger was an example as what is known as the born soldier. He had fought for the french foreign legion prior to the war when he was 17. I think, all things considered, his account is among the most accurate depictions of war. It can be fun, fulfilling, and desirable. Most so when you are winning.

@falleronpreussius9650

2 жыл бұрын

How can you incorrectly write the name Ernst Jünger? @Jeremiah Grigsby: YES

@elite1361

Жыл бұрын

Earnst Yunger? Picture me shocked by your butchering of his name

2:05 WW1 soldiers: *exist* Syphilis: it's free real estate

So practically in one book the protagonist thrived in the war while in the other the protagonist just got beaten up by it

@kadenvolan3557

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind the book where the person thrived was non fiction and the other was fiction.

@matthewmac5787

2 жыл бұрын

@@kadenvolan3557 Also keep in mind the only thing that's really fiction in the books is that the main character died, Almost all the rest of it was the writers own experiences. Hell he even mentioned all the side effects of PTSD when no one knew it existed. (Back then it was called shell shock Which they believed was caused because of a lack of moral fiber. and even that was only discovered in 1915).

@granola661

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmac5787 Well, some people suffer from war more than others. It can be seen even in modern military service: some people fool around and have fun while others have mental breakdown because it's so different to civillian life

@hobbylostv5418

Жыл бұрын

@@kadenvolan3557 You cannot really believe that most soldiers of WWI "thrived" in it. How detached from every singe source of soldiers and the gruesome reality of war can one be?

@arnantphongsatha7906

10 ай бұрын

​@@hobbylostv5418Ernst certainly did and wrote a book about it.

"Fun Facts" about Jünger: He was one of the first people who ever tried LSD. He got it from its inventor, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann and they kind of became buddies and had psychedelic sessions together. Jünger also wrote about a piece of technology he made up for a novel in 1949 which he called the Phonophor. He described it as some kind of mobile phone with internet-like abilities which also serves as a personal ID and as a surveillance device for states/governments. Weirdly similar to modern smart phones and upcoming "digital identities" As insane as this dude's obsession for war seem and as (at least) very difficult his political views were, he's been quite an interesting and complex person.

Can we stop and think about how Junger was so old he saw the birth and death of the USSR? The stories he must have had...

@shcdemolisher

Жыл бұрын

Along with the rise and fall of so many other things as well.

"It's an easier matter to describe these sounds than to endure them, because one cannot but associate every single sound of flying steel with the idea of death, and so I huddled in my hole in the ground with my hand in front of my face, imagining all the possible variants on being hit. I think I have found a comparison that captures the situation in which I and all the other soldiers who took part in this war so often found ourselves: you must imagine you are securely tied to a post, being menaced by a man swinging a heavy hammer. Now the hammer has been taken back over his head, ready to be swung, now it's cleaving the air towards you, on the point of touching your skull, then it's struck the post, and the splinters are flying -- that's what it's like to experience heavy shelling in an exposed position."

@Archris17

2 жыл бұрын

Would it be too much of a pun to say that only that quote has hammered home the feeling, for me?

@TheCube2424

6 күн бұрын

Just read this tonight before I looked up this video. Definitely stuck with me immediately as a remarkable description of what it must’ve been like. Probably my single favorite passage from the book thus far, so it’s cool to see it quoted here. It’s the kind of thing that gets overlooked so often because Jünger spends less time dwelling on the horrors, but you can clearly see in this and other excerpts the effect the war has on a person.

I really wish more schools would put Storm of Steel in their library, let alone their reading list. There's just something more 'real' to it than All Quiet. Maybe because it's written mainly in the moment rather than as a retrospective projection through the lens of fiction. But idk

@ImperialGuardsman74

3 жыл бұрын

Junger experienced far more of the war than Remarque. Remarque spent something like 6 weeks in the trenches. Junger, with several medical leaves out of being wounded and such, fought from late 1914(or was it early 1915) to late 1918, he saw most of the war.

@georgludwigrudolfmaercker5600

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe because it was a real account where all quiet on the western front was written by a guy who didn’t even spend a full month in combat

@georgludwigrudolfmaercker5600

3 жыл бұрын

@@microchip9982 not saying that it is, but Jünger spent over 3 years in combat and saw some of the worst fighting of the war. Remarque experienced two weeks in a reserve trench before being wounded by shrapnel yet he is qualified to write a fiction on the war?

@Cooldude-ko7ps

3 жыл бұрын

I think schools don’t include it because of its view on war and conflict.

@z1ll4jr53

3 жыл бұрын

Because Storm of Steel was written by an actual warrior and a soldier.

Thank you for making this! I love reading books and never heard of "Storm of Steel". After watching this video it makes me want to read it now

@burrellwilliams2658

3 жыл бұрын

It is a really good book and worth the read but finding the right version is hard

@pierresihite8854

3 жыл бұрын

@@burrellwilliams2658 can you recommend me a English translation?

Both great books. But Storm of Steel's account of that 1918 Offensive is absolutely phenomenal

@berdduck

Жыл бұрын

cool it is janovich!

Ernst junger deserves a movie or series

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

He really does but i don't think any movie could do him justice. In Storms of Steel especially where the most remarkable aspect is its lack of an agenda would not be sustained in a film.

@CalvinNoire

Жыл бұрын

@@leafboy3967 So a miniseries?

Jünger=gigachad

@rekoken2911

2 жыл бұрын

Remarque=gigavirgin

@lonelyheartproductions5237

2 жыл бұрын

@@rekoken2911 why?

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

@@rekoken2911 I believe Remarque was totally in the right to hold the views he had. Ernst Junger was just something else

@rekoken2911

2 жыл бұрын

@@leafboy3967 sure but I've heard enough "waaaa war bad people die very sad i go cry" stories, they're done to death

@Pan-be3vv

2 жыл бұрын

@@rekoken2911 because that's exactly what war is about

People are just built different. Jünger is not a monster, he’s just tough, if you look at his biography he was really a sweet man who was surprisingly wild given his political leanings. I read that he helped Jews during his time in France during World War II, I think his job was working in intelligence and he saw a bunch of stuff that he just didn’t report. I like All Quite but it’s nice to see a different perspective.

Ernst Junger is one of the most underrated writers ever

As someone who grew up in Germany, I can see why Remarque is more popular. All Quiet is not mandatory to read in every class in school but its often promoted. Except for textbooks there is no reading in history class, so its left to German teachers if they want to deal with it. Remarque is the better writer and the fact that All Quiet is fictionalised makes it treatable literature. Furthermore depending on the age of their studends teachers find themeselves or the students ill-equipped to engage with something like SoS critcally. German curricula are very careful with positive depiction of war. For the sake of time, only pro-war poems get the treatment often with a focus on how positivley framed comradery is a result of psycological pressures created by society and the war. To say they only liked the war because they got time to hang with their friends. But that's my Exp. Every state/teacher does differently.

@ambiguitiy1207

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like brainwashing.

@lepsychiatre8455

8 ай бұрын

@ambiguitiy1207 it is

@firebird4491

6 ай бұрын

@@ambiguitiy1207 It's not

@one-nu2dh

4 ай бұрын

​@@ambiguitiy1207 it's not

I like Storm of Steel more because it really shows just how much down time and sheer physical work the soldier of Germany had to do. It spends a lot of time emphasizing the time spend in the bunkers and trenches just hoping to live another day

What I felt was that most books on war characterize it the way modern society wants to see it, Jünger however writes it as it is, human in all respects. He acknowledges the opportunity war brings and the progression it forces but I myself never read it as him being pro war, but simply not being anti war can make a man viewed as pro war nowadays. I recommend Storm of Steel over All Quiet, both are good but Storm feels so much more human, there is happiness and sadness, joy and fear, laughter and weeping and it all tells the story of a real man and his real deeds. Truly one of the most fascinating reads of my life.

@Vacerous

6 ай бұрын

Junger just accepted that war was an aspect of who humans are. "War as an Inner Experience" is another great book by him. More of the philosophy, but good stuff.

the reason i prefer Storm Of Steel is because it is straightforward with its happenings and is still kind of anti war by not being like: „the british soldier was going to die so I shared a cig with him and used part of my torn uniform as bandages“ but instead: „I moved past the soldier and continued exploring the enemy trench“ like he couldnt just stop in an active trench with enemies inside it Sure AQOTWF is definitely anti war but even though Juenger describes war as something „everyone should experience“ it doesnt glorify any actions showing people that war is still very brutal

Junger is still one of my favorite clinical discussions on war legit as he's talking about his buddies by name describing their deaths

Junger fought in combat for several years of the war, as both an enlisted man and an officer. Storm of Steel is an autobiographical recounting of his experience based on his meticulous diary from the time. Remarque was on the front for perhaps two weeks at most. All Quiet on the Western Front is a fictional novel about a German soldier, at best loosely inspired by Remarque's encounter with combat. You tell me which author has a better claim to an accurate depiction of the experience of war.

@tekinet7958

Жыл бұрын

I would say both

@firebird4491

5 ай бұрын

Two weeks at the front is plenty enough time to change someone and their perspective on life. Not only that, but Remarque interviewed other soldiers and his book is also inspired by those experiences. The two authors aren’t in competition for who “truly” experienced war, it’s their messages on war that are. You clearly favor Junger’s “test of civilizations” view, which is cringe.

@Hwje1111

3 ай бұрын

​@@firebird4491nope, it's not. Especially when he was far away from the actual Frontline and never actually saw direct combat. You clearly favor Chomsky's appeasement which is cringeworthy.

@firebird4491

3 ай бұрын

@11 No? Really? You're willing to say that two weeks at the front isn't enough time to change someone? You think if you spent two weeks in a trench in Ukraine you wouldn't change at all? Hell, did you even read Storm of Steel? I have no idea why you would exclusively associate a basic anti-war perspective with Noam Chomsky. Also, your claims on Remarque's war experience are inconsistent with the facts that he was seriously wounded from shrapnel, experienced war trauma, and claimed to have taken a lot of inspiration for his book from his time in the war. He didn't have to be in the front trenches for this to be valid.

@Hwje1111

3 ай бұрын

@@firebird4491 yes he did. Not every experience in war is comparable at all, you cannot compare the life of a military cook or repairman at a factory faraway from the frontline to that of the special forces or a tank crew, and being a solider in general takes time, and it requires actual experience. He didn’t get to see the meat of it and it shows because it proliferates through his lack of understanding on how trenches and life in them worked. The good thing about Junger was that he was more willing to show you other faces of trench warfare, not just all the misery and despair, but also change and opportunity aswell as innovation. He cites alot of grenade use in combat aswell as pointed out how important trench raids were, and that it wasn’t just oh charge into enemy machine gun with no foresight like Disney’s lemmings (funfact, lemmings aren’t actually that stupid and neither were ww1 commanders) Yes he did, otherwise he would’ve been reliant on here-say from other people and groups. Sure you probably grew up thinking that this was the lost generation and that it swore them off war but lest we forget that among this generation were people like ADOLF HITLER, who had seen more of the frontline as a scout and corporal, hence why prior to becoming fuhrer, he was known as the bavarian corporal.

Are you gonna make tutorials on *Victoria III* like you did on *Victoria II?*

I read "In Stahlgewittern" in school and enjoyed it a lot. I spent my entire free time reading it and didn't stop until I had finished.

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

Its an amazing book.

Read both. Both have their merits. Junger was a soldier's soldier. Despite serving in the German army in WW2 he didn't embrace Nazi ideals. Interesting character.

Louis Barthas account of the war, Poilu, is a more anti-war. That might serve as an interesting comparison to All Quiet. The drama in accounts are not as intense as fiction, so All Quiet is better as a story, but a personal account of events would always be more visceral.

virgin french sympathizer vs chad strumtruppen

i already love your "series?" of compairing two contrarily different books and in my opinion they are the best thing you produced so far till now :)

Lads, sorry about having to say this, but they announced Vicky III. God is real

I actually think storm of steel is better and provides perspective on those with genuine conviction

Here in slovakia we have All quiet on the western front in schools as a needed book for our graduation tests.

@saxogrammatikus4195

3 жыл бұрын

Really such a shame we germans have nothing on that reference material in school. All about the 2 WW but not WW1.

@deathtrooper7760

2 жыл бұрын

@@saxogrammatikus4195 auf den Gymnasialzweig in der 10 war es bei meiner Gesamtschule im Deutschunterricht Pflichtlektüre

@saxogrammatikus4195

2 жыл бұрын

@@deathtrooper7760 Aber nicht in Real oder Hauptschule wahrscheinlich auch nur in deinem Bundesland.

@deathtrooper7760

2 жыл бұрын

@@saxogrammatikus4195 nur im gym leider was eine Schande ist weil viele der gymies es nicht wertschätzten und ein paar meiner mates von real hätten es zu gerne im Deutschunterricht behandelt.

@testtor2714

Жыл бұрын

You have a shtty government then in Slovakia who wants to make your youth weak. Replace them and put them down.

Bro lived to see germany unite, then dies. But in my opinion, joy in war, Bravery and all that bad stuff is why storm of steel is better (for me atleast)

Storm of Steel is much more rich and brilliant than All Quiet.

My friends Are working as extras in the new all quiet on the western front movie and they say it is looking pretty good.

@burrellwilliams2658

3 жыл бұрын

Theres going to be a new one?! Now im excited

@griffinhaltom8144

Жыл бұрын

Can't imagine what a Storm of Steel movie would look like

I've read Storm of Steel because it's simply different than other war memoirs or novels being that it talks about values, duty and pride, not about anti war, ptsd and other issues with war. I haven't been interested in reading All Quiet on the Western Front because it is just depressing and I know what to expect. Of course war is wrong, but I agree with Jünger in that war is just history. Crap, most of human history has been human beings killing one another for land, resources, glory, power, etc.

@Vacerous

6 ай бұрын

Pick up "War as an Inner Experience". It's one of his philosophical works.

That vicky 2 music... Happy Victoria 3 announcement day!!

It’s also telling that Remarque only spent about three weeks on the front before he was wounded and spent the rest of the war in Germany, while Jünger was there for three years and wounded thirteen times

Virgin "All quiet on the Western Front" Chad "The Storm of Steel"

@dirtegarbage

2 жыл бұрын

>said the edgy nationalist on youtube using one of 5 jokes he knew

@spot67833

2 жыл бұрын

@@dirtegarbage reflect on your childhood

@dirtegarbage

2 жыл бұрын

@@spot67833 what does that even mean dude, thats over a decade of existance

@spot67833

2 жыл бұрын

@@dirtegarbage I have spoken

@dirtegarbage

2 жыл бұрын

@@spot67833 wow hes so cool and mysterious, wont even elaborate when someone asks a question

Me and my class have read All quite on the Western Front in Social studies.

@davidthorp01

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend Storm of Steel, if only for its presentation of a differing perspective of the German war effort.

I've read both and can't say one is better than the other - they are different. Both are important. The books reveal two very different kinds of men: 'All Quiet...' is more relatable for most people; however, 'Storm of Steel' is written by a consummate warrior - one who likes and is good at war. Remarque went on to have a turbulent life and, like many many others, was plagued by his experiences. Junger lived a long happy life as he felt no crippling guilt or shame, and was buoyed rather than submerged by his experiences. Junger was not a sociopath either - he was of a rare breed that both sides relied on.

I'm so glad I found this channel! Keep doing this kind of content and it will just be a matter of time before the algorithm decides to blow up your viewer count.

Kat's death is the saddest thing i've ever read

I have watched all quite the black and white film and found it impactful, but the writing in Storm of Steel original translation much more interesting.

i need more of this, i never thougt i'd be interested in books

I remember seeing "all quiet" at school when I was young (the 1979 version of the film I think). Storm of steel is something I heard a lot about since i'm a teenager. The funny thing beeing I have never read neither of them. Even if I once saw a documentary on Junger and his experience during the Great War. I can only highly recommand you "Voyage au bout de la nuit" the Louis Ferdinand Céline masterpiece. This book is the mirror of Storm of Steel : as for the german the book is very personnal, even if it is a fiction. But the effect of war on the caracter is the opposite. In some ways this book embodies the effect of the war on french mentality. On a lighter note, I can't be more happy to be subscribe to this channel, it really shines !

Storm of steel isn't really "pro-war", he just tell the cold hard truth of what it is. He is the Warrior Poet. Fighting is glorious and is the duty of every soldier.

@christophkoch1205

2 жыл бұрын

Hell them while getting shelled and not being able to fight back

@daniels0376

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the old lie

@commandergree6131

Жыл бұрын

It also has to do with I suppose the perspectives of each, one is a warrior poet made to fight, and the other is a scared young boy, drafted into a war he barely understands and is watching his friends die around him.

@re1010

Жыл бұрын

I feel like its pro-war lite. He doesnt actively encourage it, but he does speak positive of war. I feel like the most nuanced view of war is the Big Red One. The Allies are clearly the good guys(because they're not the ones with concentration camps) but it ultimately tries to tell the story of soldiers, without a concern of pro/anti-war. It's why I hate the reputation Saving Private Ryan has gotten. I think its rating is well deserved, but the reasonings are my main problem. Its regarded as a anti-war film, but it gives us a reason to think this part of war is good. That and after this, every war film or TV show is saturated since then. The Big Red One was more colorful and it still got its message across. The best anti-war films are Grave of the Fireflies, Gojira, and Come and See. They show the human cost where it's more evident: in the civilians. There is rarely, if any, epic battles. If there are moments or scenes of battle or spectacle, it's not portrayed as fun. The most spectacular parts of Grave of the Fireflies is seeing a Japanese town get firebomb; the most spectacular scene in Gojira is Tokyo being incinerated by a walking behemoth while the Japanese can only watch helplessly, after already getting nuked twice barely a decade prior; and the most spectacular scene of Come and See is seeing a SS unit locking Belarussians in a house, before executing them with grenades, guns, and incendiary weapons, while they raped teenagers to the point of blood and possing with children as if they were some adversary. You never see a cool battle, it just cuts to later, where they were captured offscreen, and one of them spouts a horrifying speech of what the Axis is doing here, before being gunned down by the villagers (as the partisans wanted to burned them). All the while, a 14 year old boy expietences horrors that cause him to lose his youth.

@CatholicSoldierX

Жыл бұрын

@@re1010 The book is from WW1, their are no good guys or bad guys in this war. I do understand what you say. Even in WW2 you had German soldiers that were good guys fighting. I think movies are shifting more to this. German soldiers showing emotions, the SS are still portrayed as cartoons tho. I don not believe every SS man was evil too. You speak of the horrors of war on civilians also, Ernst does speak of that, of the french girl he met. The house later being destroyed. Generals ruling as kings over villages. For the village later be totally destroyed. Ernst tells it like it is and does not force an anti-war message on you. He tells the story of how his brother almost died. He likes the war because it fascinating, it is a whole massive organization moving in action against an equally large organization. And these 2 titans clash with eachother. He accepts that and he overcomes the struggle of the soldiers, he becomes death. He accepts his duty. He talks so much of the feelings you get when charging. Like the whole mass of soldiers are moving like 1 body, a primal feeling, everybody knowing what to do. Everybody knowing their duty and accepting their fate. That is what fascinates them. Was it horrifying? absolutely. But the soldiers overcame that. That is what he likes about war. It is not he is is pro war. It is not that he likes what happens to the villages, to his fellow soldiers and when he had to kill. He does not like that. It was the hive mind mentality that was so special to him, the brotherhood, the bravery. If Storm of Steel would made in a film, it would look like your movie, the big red one. The struggle of the soldiers. I have not found a better war experience book yet.

All Quite: War is pointless and only Destorys the human spirit. Strom of Steel: War is sad but nessery to advance humanity.

I have not read All Quiet On The Western Front yet, nor have I completely finished storm of steel, but from my understanding, Ernst Jünger was neither pro war nor anti war. He simply told it how it was. Sometimes the soldiers enjoyed themselves in the trenches. It wasn't all 100% bleak. When the time came to kill, he felt nothing because he was desensitized to death.

I normally abstain from writing comments but here I have to say you are damn underrated. You are showing the emotions the books try to deliver in your videos.

I have read both, both are incredible work and deserving of recognition. They are also very different.

I reemember 2 years ago, I subbed Ezekiel because of Vicky2 memes now...I am sure that subbing to him years ago is a very valuable investment

I still find the last words in All quiet on the Western Front just so true. When Paul dies and the Field report just says: "Im Westen nichts neues" (Book title in German) Just Shows how the death of humdreds of men is nothing in war to the Generals and leaders, as if he wasnt there

A scene from All Quiet that stuck me the most was the moment when Paul was stuck in a hole while a french soldier was dying beside him from a wound from his bayonet. And during that scene, Paul kept pleading to the frenchman's corpse to forgive him and even said that he will tell his family about this. I was sad by this scene. But another book that i would recomend is the romanian novel Forest of the Hanged. Its more of a mix between All Quiet and the Storm of Steel (even tough its main character is fictional, it is based on the author's brother life on the front). I think there is an english translation of it. So go read it if you can

Ernst Juenger prior to world war one served in the French Foreign legion. During the war he won the Germany's highest award the Pour le Merit. After the war he was a famous author and poet. During World War 2 Juenger served in various staff positions but was anti-Hitler and Anti-Nazi.

3:00 Actually, he did talk about his fear of contracting diseases from brothels in his diary, but that was edited out when it was published

This channel is SO UNDERRATED

I'm Westen Nichts Neues is one of the best descriptions of the crazy behavior on a war. There is a reason that the Militarists hated and the Nazis, prohibited it.

I just discovered your channel by this video, and for the first one I've to watch, is a great one! Good job, dude. You have gained one more subscriber. Hope you still with the quality for a long time... Hugs from Brazil

Great video 👍 definitely my one of my favourite books and i quote from storm of steel " what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and what kills me makes me incredibly strong " i just love it and i must say he's life was amazing

Yo this channel is actually really damn nice, keep up the work mate!

That final anecdote almost made me cry. That is such a terribly sad but simultaneously beautiful thing.

Picked up "All Quiet" in my schools library when I was in 7th grade and it was definitely my favorite book from my school days I still remember it 14 years later. Now I need to read storm of steel.

@leafboy3967

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you do, its quite an amazing book on many levels.

Also is it just me, because I have realized that there a sense of idolization of "the innocence of youth" myth that Remarque likes to push alot when it comes to his book? It just feels so weird when you know that being young, especially back then, was anything BUT an ideal experience. Seriously, he acts as if these teens werent already jaded to the world, and it makes me think that he tends to idolize youth too much as a counterbalance. By contrast, it may not be explicitly stated by Junger, but judging from his biography, he probably hated being young, and was willing to welcome this mythical idealism being shaken in favour of saying hello to the wisdom of age. I think Remarque has had way too much rose tinted glasses of his pre war life and self.

@rhysnichols8608

2 ай бұрын

There is a common myth in general surrounding 1914 in which everyone is described as being innocent, ignorant, not understanding war, thinking everything was all rosey. This is of course done to then make a more intense contrast with the horror of war. Of course things were pretty good before the war, and the development of many empties trended upward, but there is a tendency to over romanticise the ‘innocents and youth’ a bit too much.

@Hwje1111

2 ай бұрын

@@rhysnichols8608 some nations dont look at the pre war world with such rose tinted glasses, such as Poland, who was oppressed in that century of “peace”. To them war is preferable if it meant freedom. Many nations and people back then were poor and destitute without war too, and this was the age of empires and stratification. After the war, the social stratification of the pre war era ceased to exist.

@Hwje1111

2 ай бұрын

@@rhysnichols8608 not to mention, there ALREADY was war for some regions, especially in the balkans. I highly doubt the Serbs had any idea that war would end by Christmas, so fat chance they would be having any truces in 1914. The Serbs were more used to war and were far from ignorant of it.

Your work is amazing

Hell yeah, 8hrs ago I thought "maybe it has something to do with Junger's Storms of steel" and here it is, even better than I anticipated (I love comparisons!). Now, let's watch it

All quiet is the beta males account of war, storm of steel is the chads version. This isn’t intended to be disrespectful, but there’s something to be said for the calibre of the men writing their experiences. It’s like a pro UFC fighter telling his account of fighting versus a bank Clark forced into a street fight, they both will have very different feelings regarding combat.

I've read both. Very different, but both of them are quality books.

I have one of the original English reprints of All Quiet on The Western Front from the 1920s. It was a gift from my late grandfather when I was young, guess I'll have to give Storm of Steel a read, see how well it compares to one of my all time favorites :)

@AR-GuidesAndMore

Жыл бұрын

Did you read it?

This is such an amazing video, I've come back to this video at least 6 times.

That last part reminds me of when I watched all quiete on the western front movie. The whole time I was shaking, short breathing, couching my airsoft M4. I was somewhat traumatized by it. But I’m glad I saw it, because it didn’t sugar coat it and helped me fully appreciate my life.

Great video as always Ezequiel

This is reminding me of the Vic2 tutorials. Some of the best I’ve ever seen!

People are somewhat misunderstanding Storm of steal. Junger describes some horrible scenes and how he had a mental breakdown after his first battle, and then even after being a veteran of 2 years he vomited after seeing 3 men blown to pieces in a bunker and their remains splattered across the wall. He describes all the negatives of the war and paints a very ugly picture at times. But he also shows the more positive side, and does show how he enjoyed aspects of it. But he certainly didn’t love war nor was he a psycho by and means. You could argue had Junger been wounded after his first battle like Remarque was, he may well have had a much more anti war perspective. It was the fact he became hardened and used to it that separates his opinions from Remarque who only served for 4 weeks. Also a huge part of it is the character of the men, frankly Remarque was a softer type of man, junger strikes me as a regular guy who rose to the occasion and grew tougher due to experience, he was a more hardy character. It’s also important to remember he had a nervous breakdown and vomited after his first battle, similar to how Remarque felt. It’s just junger carried on to serve and became harder and harder

I've binge watched 15 or so of your videos and your subscriber count does not reflect your video quality. You deserve more as your videos are the perfect balance of informative and entertaining. Wish you all the best dude x