How Does Erich Maria Remarque Portray the Horror and Futility of war in All quiet on the western front?
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How Does Erich Maria Remarque Portray the Horror and Futility of war in All quiet on the western front? The First World War came at time of social unrest where years of tension between the expanding empires of European countries led to a situation where all that was needed to start a war was a small event known as a trigger. This trigger came in the form of the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, by a member of a Serb national group known as the Black Hand gang. The assassin's name was Gavrilo Princip. Little did he know what terror he was about to unleash. At the time of the assassination Europe was in political turmoil and split into two distinct groups, members of the Allied forces France, Britain and Russia known as the Triple Entante and Members of the Axis forces, Germany, Austria Hungary and Turkey known as...


