her. They all saw the hundreds and thousands of men died to win a few yards of land only to lose it again in another battle. They all saw the war continued because civilians and soldiers demanded some justification for the slaughter and the suffering. They all knew many of the dead, their friends, maybe family were never buried in marked graves. They all lived the hell of the trenches and saw the deadly No Man's Land between the trenches. Its estimated that between nine and twelve million soldiers died in action and others died from complications from wounds or from disease. Millions more lost arms, legs, or suffered from permanent facial wounds. All Quiet on the Western Front is a protest against the betrayal of the power hungry, pride driven men of the younger, naive generation. Young men enlisted believing they were embarking on an exciting adventure to fight for glory and honor all in the name of their country. The onlybelief they returned with was that they had been used as pawns in a game, a game that cost all, regardless of nationality their innocence, pride, and morality....
