Anecdotes of the Great War, Gathered from European Sources
Untold Stories and Personal Accounts from the Great WarBy Various
Length4h 30m
About this audiobook
Anecdotes of the Great War, Gathered from European Sources is a compelling anthology that captures the multifaceted human experiences during World War I through a rich collection of narratives and testimonies. This work engages readers with a literary style resonant of vivid realism and poignant emotional depth, weaving through varied accounts from soldiers, civilians, and medical personnel. The text is grounded in the historical context of a world irrevocably altered by war, providing insight into the chaotic and poignant realities that defined the early 20th century, amplified by the collective suffering and bravery of those who lived through it. The compilation is the result of meticulous research by various authors, reflecting the collaborative effort to document the Great War's impact across Europe. Each selected anecdote serves to underscore the socio-political landscape of the time, illustrating how the war shaped national identities and personal destinies. The contributors, often survivors themselves or descendants of those impacted, carry the weight of historical memory to illuminate the human spirit amid devastation. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of World War I'Äôs profound psychological and social consequences will find this anthology invaluable. By delving into these vivid anecdotes, one gains insight into the resilience of humanity in the face of unimaginable adversity, making it a poignant read for historians, students, and anyone interested in the enduring effects of war on society.
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GenreHistory
Length4 hrs 30 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 19, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FOREWORD
170WOLSELEY’S WAY
2BLANKETY-BLANK
171IGNORED HIMSELF
3HAS A MONOPOLY
172ANOTHER ANXIETY
4MERE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR
173ONE QUALIFICATION
5FIGHT OR I QUIT YOU
174GREAT DEEDS I HAVE DONE IN THE GREAT WAR Supposed to Be Written by an Old British Soldier After the Style of Baron Munchausen
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6WOULDN’T BACK OUT
175WASTED SYMPATHY
7UNDER CANVAS
176KNEW HIM OF OLD
8PUNCTURED
177THIS ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK
9HE WANTED POTATOES
178TWO POINTS OF VIEW
10ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR
179SOME KIND OF A MARSHAL
11AND THE TOOTUNS, TOO
180NOR ON THE SOCKS
12WAR BRIDE RETORTS
181LESS WAR NEWS WANTED
13TO A CIGARETTE—IN THE TRENCHES
182TWENTY STRAIGHT
14SOME BOSS
183RUSSIAN EXPECTATIONS
15WHAT MUFFS ARE FOR
184FREAKS OF BULLETS Wonderful Escapes From Death
16GOING THE LIMIT
185FINDING AN EXCUSE
17TOMMY ATKINS EXPLAINS WHY “IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY”
186ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
18PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM
187SOUNDS LOGICAL
19WINNING A BET
188UNWILLING MARTYR
20COCKNEY GERMAN
189THE TAR AND THE TARTAR
21IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
190DON’T SAY “ROVER”
22ENGLISH MILITARY SLANG Tommy and His War Talk
191SCARS OF BATTLE
23INFORMATION WANTED
192SUITED TO HIS POSITION
24THE AMUSING MONOCLE
193KAISER WILHELM II
25SURROUNDED!
194AS SEEN IN FRANCE
26TEXT FOR A BIG “STORY”
195ANYTHING TO QUALIFY
27NOT AS IT SEEMED
196TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
28THERE WERE HOPES
197ON HIS WAY
29FAMILIAR SOUNDS
198MORTIFIED THE FRENCHMAN
30IMPORTANT MESSAGES
199CHECKS FOR TWO
31THE JEW AND THE CROSS
200SYMPATHETIC SOUL
32RETREAT IN ORDER
201A QUESTION OF DIET
33SUFFICIENTLY EQUIPPED
202A GENTLE HINT
34“NEXT OF KIN”
203A MATTER OF PUNCTUATION
35HIS BROTHER’S TASK
204AND THERE ARE OTHERS
36THE SERGEANTS’ MESS
205SOME BONEHEAD
37BOUND TO KEEP OUT OF IT
206PROUD OF IT
38CLEVER MACKAY
207DIPLOMACY
39EXCUSE FOR POOR SHOOTING
208AN OVER-DOSE
40CORRECT; GO TO THE HEAD
209NOBODY CONCERNED
41SELF-INTEREST PARAMOUNT
210HARD LUCK
42WHY THEY WOULDN’T SHOOT
211HOW HE TOOK HIS
43SHOOK ALL OVER
212WILLING TO OBLIGE
44THE ONLY HINDRANCE
213CAUSE FOR PREJUDICE
45IRISH VS. GERMAN
214SELF-BETRAYED
46WISE PRECAUTION
215BRITISH HUMOR
47A BLOODLESS BATTLE
216A MIXED BLESSING
48AT A PARIS HOTEL
217OR A BASEBALL UMPIRE
49THE LAST RESORT
218NOT TO EXCEED HIS LIMIT
50CRUEL SPITE
219OUT OF HARM’S WAY
51AN UNLOVED OFFICIAL
220SHOWING HIM HOW
52EXTREMITY; MEANING FEET?
221NO EXCEPTION
53AS EVER
222IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
54AN OLD JOKE WORKED OVER
223SCARED HIM TO THINK OF IT
55REASONABLE PREJUDICE
224WHAT HAPPENED TO REIMS
56WAR’S UNKNOWN HEROES
225REBUKE THAT DIDN’T WORK
57THE RETORT JUVENILE
226SOMETHING TO THINK OF
58JUST TWO SHOTS APIECE
227A FAVORABLE BALANCE
59MISSED THE USUAL SIGNAL
228DISREGARDING THE LIMIT
60RIVERS IN THE WAR, NOW FAMOUS IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY
229NO ABBREVIATIONS WANTED
61A BITING RETORT
230HIS SACRIFICE
62WE SUGGEST THIS TO ALL OF ’EM
231UNSATISFACTORY OFFICER
63CAUSE FOR HOME-SICKNESS
232PERPETUAL MOTION
64REGULAR SEA DOG
233MURDERING HIM
65PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT
234SLACKER GETS BACK
66WAR NEWS IN THE PANTRY
235NEW CAUSE FOR WAR
67DRAWING THE LINE
236NO ROSE WITHOUT ITS THORN
68NO UNION HOURS
237A GOOD COME-BACK, BILL
69MISSED SOMETHING
238ON THE SAFE SIDE
70HIS MEANING IS PLAIN
239COULDN’T BE DONE
71SOONER OR LATER
240ON THE FIRING LINE
72INTERRUPTED REPAST
241A MATTER OF TRADE
73AN EXCELLENT BRIGADE
242NOT LIKELY
74WHY THEY THREW HIM IN AGAIN
243IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT
75NOTHING TO FUSS ABOUT
244OR A SCRAP OF PAPER
76FOES AS FRIENDS
245NOT TO BE OUTDONE
77STRICTLY OBEDIENT
246NEVER FAZED HIM
78NOT LIKELY
247STAY-AT-HOME TOILET
79THE KAISER’S INCOME How His Money Is Invested
248WHY BE NEUTRAL?
80SOMETHING REPOSEFUL
249BATHING IN TEARS
81ENOUGH IS TOO MUCH
250WHERE HE COULDN’T GO
82TELLING HIM ALL ABOUT IT
251PEACE SUGGESTION
83THE ENGLISH LIKE THIS KIND
252HEADING HIM OFF
84GAVE IT AWAY
253CAPTURED, NOT STOLEN
85A “SHIRT-SLEEVE GENERAL”
254LANDED A LARGE ORDER
86GRIN AND BEAR IT
255WELCOME RELIEF
87CHANCE FOR A FREE RIDE
256THE USUAL QUERY
88KING ALBERT—CHAUFFEUR
257BEST OF REASONS
89TIRED AND CROSS
258MOST UNUSUAL
90TURKISH NAVAL EFFICIENCY
259MORE SURFACE TO COVER
91ROUGH ON TOMMY
260WORSE THAN WURST
92NOT EXACTLY COMPLIMENTARY
261SHE KNEW PADDY
93THE QUEEN, LIEUTENANT
262HE HAD SMOKED ONE
94FINE WORK
263SALVAGE
95NO CAUSE FOR FEAR
264A SOLDIER’S WIFE RELATES THIS
96GIVE AND TAKE
265IT SAID SO ON THE DOOR
97FUN ON THE FIRING-LINE
266GENTLE HINT
98DOING HIS BIT
267SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD
99WELCOME PRISONERS
268NOT ON THE MENU
100HE KNEW THE ANSWER
269DYE IS SCARCE
101A JOKE IN THE TRENCHES
270THE HERO
102HE KNEW WHERE IT WAS
271NEEDED A BRACER
103SUPERIOR MARKSMANSHIP
272AND SMITH COULDN’T DO IT
104NOT A THIRST IN THE LOT
273PAYING HIS RESPECTS
105HIS SKIRTS CLEAR
274GOT THE MONEY FIRST
106SHEEP AND GOATS
275FORTUNATE
107JOGGING HIS MEMORY
276FEMININE STRATEGY
108WILLING TO COMPROMISE
277WAR WORKS WONDERS
109BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR Seaforth Highlanders’ Quaint Ceremony
278UNLIMITED SUPPLY
110A WOMAN’S WORRY
279HER DEDUCTION
111NOT SUPPLIES ENOUGH FOR TWO
280NOT A FAVORITE BRAND
112LOVE-LETTER TO A RED CROSS NURSE
281AN UNWILLING TARGET
113HOW HEROES ARE MADE
282A COMPROMISE
114ANNOUNCED HIS ARRIVAL
283ON A SCOTTISH BATTLEFIELD
115STEPPED ON IT
284IT HIT HIM FIRST
116KING ALBERT’S CHIVALRY Calls Husband to His Wife from Trenches
285SWEET CHARITY
117FULLY QUALIFIED
286EXPLAINED
118A FINE SIGHT FOR THE HUNGRY
287OPTIMISTIC
119SERVIAN WOMEN
288WHAT STRUCK HIM LEAST
120SECOND THOUGHT BEST
289THE TERRIER
121PUNISHED FOR HIS NAME
290MORE THINGS TO KNIT
122THEIR OWN PRIVATE WARFARE
291A QUALIFIED FIGHTER
123A BIT OF RUSSIAN WIT
292A SHORT CUT
124ARMORED CANADIAN SOLDIERS
293MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR
125TRYING HARD TO GET BY
294AS SEEN IN PRESS REPORTS
126ONLY ONE ROCK
295BEST OF INTENTIONS
127SOUNDS LIKE A TOWN
296DOUBLE TROUBLE
128THE BISHOP’S PRISONER
297HE LOST THE COUNT
129NECESSARY PRECAUTION
298DEADLIER THAN USUAL
130STOPPING THE DONKEY
299NEW USE OF THE WORD
131ONE ON SCOTTY
300THE ORIGINAL ONE-STEP
132DEFYING THE KAISER
301MOTHERLY ADMONITION
133TEMPERATURE 120°
302OTHER INTENTIONS
134BUT PERHAPS HE CAN DIG TRENCHES
303SLACKERS
135LATEST SCOUTING STORY
304A PUTTERING PUTTER
136CHINESE SYMPATHY
305BLACK AND BLUE, PERHAPS
137GIVING HIM A SEND-OFF
306BUT WILL THEY?
138SHE KNEW BY EXPERIENCE
307SLOW BUT SURE
139WHERE WAR IS NOT HELL
308THE RECRUIT SCORES ONE
140FEROCITY EXPLAINED
309OUR GUESS WOULD BE BEER
141COULDN’T BE SCOTCH
310A RARE OFFERING
142HARDLY HIS FAULT
311WISE RECRUIT
143THE GERMANS ABASHED
312BAD BITE
144LOCATING PROGRESS
313NEVER ARGUE WITH A WOMAN
145HOW I ESCAPED FROM BERLIN Supposed to Be Written by Mrs. Malaprop
314THE WHOLE PACK
146PERMANENTLY POSTPONED
315NO GARTERS NEEDED
147UNINTENTIONAL LIMITATION
316WILLING TO SPARE HIM
148NOTHING NEW TO HIM
317CHANCE FOR SOME INVENTOR
149ENGLISH HUMOR
318IN “ZEPPELIN” TIMES
150NOT A CARUSO
319GETTING THE ACCENT
151IN WAR TIME
320AN OLD KNITTING STITCH
152GAVE THE SNAP AWAY
321THE DEAR FRIENDS
153WITHOUT PRECEDENT
322FIGHTING FOR HIS GLASSES
154AN AGREEABLE MISTAKE
323CONCERNED
155INCONSIDERATE BEGGAR
324MOST LIKELY
156WHAT THE PILOT KNEW
325TIMID
157IT WORKED ALL RIGHT
326NOISY TIME-PIECE
158GERMAN GIRLS CAN KNIT
327IN NAVAL TERMS
159BLOCKHEAD, EH?
328SO CHANGEABLE
160HIS SOLE REASON
329AMONG THE MISSING
161IGNORANCE IS BLISS
330NO LUCK
162STROKE OF LUCK
331RECRUITING IN ENGLAND
163SPECIMEN WANTED
332ALL BUT THE FIG LEAF
164A LONE EXCEPTION
333LACKED EXPERIENCE
165CLEVER EXPEDIENT
334CONDESCENSION
166WHICH WOULD YOU PATRONIZE?
335A HEARTHSTONE HERO
167SARCASTIC OLD VET.
336STICKING TO IT
168BROTHERLY REPARTEE
337THE RETREAT FROM ALSACE
169MADE IN GERMANY
338TEETH NOT ESSENTIAL
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