The gossip of a few soldiers in the war revealed the truth

Cheyanne 2022-03-22 09:02:01

A group of soldiers on the battlefield gossiping: France must pay for starting this war Every country says it's the other country's fault How the war happened How can two countries be able to interact with each other without first angering the other Is it possible that the German mountains will be angry with the French fields? Why does the Kaiser want to go to war He has everything but he has never been in a war before Every adult emperor wants to make a mark and make a name for himself in history and also generals they need war and businessmen they can make a fortune I think war is more like an epidemic no one wants to get sick but everybody gets infected we don't want to fight the british and we don't want to fight but we're having fun here and I'll tell you what to do later if anyone wants to To start a world war we should circle a large piece of land and sell tickets and pick an auspicious day and get all the emperors and kings and their cabinets and generals and let each of them stand in the circle in their underwear and beat them with sticks Whoever wins, the country wins... The purpose of this film is to faithfully describe those who lived in the great era. Some people may have escaped the destruction of weapons and preserved their healthy limbs, but their life, soul and world cannot be spared. in difficulty

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  • Hair-peak soldier: And manufacturers. They get rich.

    [murmurs of agreement]

    Albert Kropp: I think it's more a kind of fever. Nobody wants it in particular, and then all at once, there it is. We didn't want it. The English didn't want it. And here we are fighting.

  • Albert Kropp: Ah, the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war.

    Detering: Everybody says it's somebody else.

    Tjaden: Well. how do they start a war?

    Albert Kropp: Well, one country offends another.

    Tjaden: How could one country offend another?

    Tjaden: You mean there's a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field over in France?

    [Everyone laughs]

    Albert Kropp: Well, stupid, one people offends another.

    Tjaden: Oh, well, if that's it, I shouldn't be here at all. I don't feel offended.

    Katczinsky: It don't apply to tramps like you.

    Tjaden: Good. Then I could be goin' home right away.

    Paul Bäumer: Ah, you just try it.

    Katczinsky: Yeah. You wanna get shot?

    Tjaden: The kaiser and me...

    [the others laugh]

    Tjaden: Me and the kaiser felt just alike about this war. We didn't either of us want any war, so I'm going home. He's there already.

    Hair-peak soldier: Somebody must have wanted it. Maybe it was the English. No, I don't want to shoot any Englishman. I never saw one 'til I came up here. And I suppose most of them never saw a German 'til *they* came up here. No, I'm sure *they* weren't asked about it.

    Paul Bäumer: No.

    Detering: Well, it must be doing somebody some good.

    Detering: Not me and the kaiser.

    Hair-peak soldier: I think maybe the kaiser wanted a war.

    Tjaden: You leave us out of this!

    Katczinsky: I don't see that. The kaiser's *got* everything he needs.

    Hair-peak soldier: Well, he never had a war before. Every full-grown emperor needs one war to make him famous. Why, that's history.

    Paul Bäumer: Yeah, generals, too. They need war.