Collage of WW1 by Ruan van Zyl https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc A long long way vs All quiet on the western front en-us 2018-07-29 15:52:10 UTC 2025-10-26 16:03:54 UTC hello@padlet.com All for the Fatherland ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372310 Young men were called to protect the fatherland]]> 2018-07-29 15:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372310 To protect the people of Europe ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372347 Men and boys felt compelled to prevent the horrors of war inflicted on them by Germany and her allies]]> 2018-07-29 15:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372347 The breaking of free will ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372411 Soldiers were trained to never question, only to carry out all orders given]]> 2018-07-29 15:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372411 Holding on to free will ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372437 In A Long Long Way we find Willie learning and trying to keep his thoughts to himself]]> 2018-07-29 15:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372437 Young men In War ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372642 Often teenagers were forced to grow up in the harsh battlefields of war]]> 2018-07-29 16:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372642 Death the only certainty ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372704 Death came knocking on the door in All quiet on the Western Front, yet in A long long way we have yet to see a death in the first two chapters]]> 2018-07-29 16:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372704 German strict structure and discipline ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372918 Training for the German soldier was strict with many formalities]]> 2018-07-29 16:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271372918 Willie gives the idea of a more relaxed training regime ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373170 We do not find the same cruel harsh training described by Willie that we find in All quiet on the Western front. Yet the training was still tough to temper them for the war.]]> 2018-07-29 16:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373170 Finding Normality in an abnormal situation ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373506 We find boys joking and trying to find routine and normality in their situations]]> 2018-07-29 16:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373506 Unity is not as it seems in Ireland and Britain ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373584 While the Germans were united against their enemies we find that the Irish and British had their differences and difficulties. ]]> 2018-07-29 16:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271373584 Shortage of food on the Eastern Front ruan101vz https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271374091 The British struggled with food logistics while the German soldiers had more than enough to go around after their platoon dwindled from a 150 to about 80 men.]]> 2018-07-29 16:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ruan101vz/7bhkqc44s2tc/wish/271374091