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Eye-Deep In Hell: Trench Warfare In World War I

by John Ellis · 1976 · 224 pages

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Millions of men lived in the trenches during World War I. More than six million died there. In Eye-Deep in Hell, the author explores this unique and terrifying world—the rituals of battle, the habits of daily life, and the constant struggle of men to find meaning amid excruciating boredom and the specter of impending death.

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Subject
history
Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionworld war i
Themes
military historyhistoryartwar
Setting
world war iwestern fronteurope
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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