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Based on his own experience of the Great War, Henri Barbusse's novel is a powerful account of one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted on itself. For the group of ordinary men in the French Sixth Battalion, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war... Read Full Overview

MONT BLANC, the Dent du Midi, and the Aiguille Verte look across at the bloodless faces that show above the blankets along the gallery of the sanatorium. This roofed-in gallery of rustic wood-work on the first floor of the palatial hospital is isolated in Space and overlooks... Read Full Overview

Among the earliest realistic depictions of trench warfare, this novel is based on author Henri Barbusse's World War I combat experiences. The journal-like anecdotes portray daily life amid a squad of French volunteers after their country's invasion by Germany. The soldiers are... Read Full Overview

Henri Barbusse was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein.

Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse (December 1916), was one of the first novels about World War I to be published. Although it is fiction, the novel was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front.

Under Fire (1916) is a novel by Henri Barbusse. Written from notes taken while Barbusse was serving in the First World War, the novel was quickly recognized as a powerful tale of perseverance and comradery in the face of unspeakable suffering. Intended to promote the... Read Full Overview

Henri Barbusse was a 20th century French writer and a member of the French Communist Party. A lifelong friend of Albert Einstein's, Barbusse first became famous for his book Under Fire.

La vie poignante d'une escouade de 17 poilus durant la premi?re ann?e de la premi?re guerre mondiale. Malgr? les conditions de vie atroces, l'amiti? unit des hommes de toutes conditions et de toutes origines. A lire imp?rativement...

Le Feu (Journal d'une escouade) est un roman de guerre, une fiction inspir e par le v cu de son auteur, Henri Barbusse. La vie poignante d'une escouade de 17 poilus durant la premi re ann e de la premi re guerre mondiale. Malgr les conditions de vie atroces, l'amiti unit des... Read Full Overview

Under Fire, first published in French as Le Feu, was one of the first novels about WWI, appearing in December 1916, before the outcome of the war was clear. Set in early 1916, it follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers through the eyes of an unnamed foot soldier, who participates... Read Full Overview

Under Fire: The Story of a Squad is a novel by French author Henri Barbusse, first published in 1916. The book is a fictionalized account of Barbusse's experiences as a soldier in World War I, and follows a group of French soldiers in the trenches as they face the horrors of... Read Full Overview

Pour les hommes du 231?me r?giment d'infanterie, les diff?rences d''ge et de condition sociale n'importent plus. Tous sont venus s'enterrer dans les tranch?es boueuses de Crouy, sous la pluie et le feu de la mitraille allemande. Leur seule certitude face aux arm?es ennemies:... Read Full Overview