![]() ![]() ![]() “Storm of Steel” is hailed as the definitive account of WWI combat, pieced together from the diary of its author, Ernst Jünger. As most soldiers in modern warfare, Jünger signed up to fight as a young man of 19. Born March 29th, 1895, in Heidelberg, Germany, Ernst was the son of a successful and influential businessman and chemist. His father’s influence would later help him avoid trial after running away to join the French Foreign Legion in 1913, an illegal act in Germany at the time. In 1914, Ernst volunteered for the German army and served as an officer on the western front in some of the largest battles of the war including the Somme, Flanders, and Cambrai. During the war, he was wounded no less than 7 times, and depending on your definition of a wound, as many as 14 times. ![]()
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