Personal Narrative Essay: All Quiet On The Western Front

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The soldiers rejoiced at this during the hangings, drinking and laughing, as we watched the communist dogs be put to death. We drank the schnapps from local bars. German liquor is much better and more potent! We laughed as one soldier drew a picture of the spectacle. We had a Dührer in our midst. One man tried to escape from the gallows, but he was quickly gunned down by pistol fire. Franz asked me to share my stories about my fighting in Kursk. “Last July, I fought a prolonged, hard-fought battle with Das Reich at Kursk. Some soldiers say that it was the greatest armored conflict of the entire war. Our Panzer III and Tiger tankers rivaled Soviet T-34 tanks. The Red Army had double our numbers in men and tanks. I will never forget the day