war poetry
Reasons for going Many reasons led me to the war back in the day I was just about you age a little older maybe but back then we were expected to be fully fledged men by the age of 18. ... ’ Spirit of Adventure As a young chap of 20 I had no thought of the rights or wrongs of the war. I accepted the position that we had to do what we could to win the war. ... Sense of Duty Another one of my motives to go to war was that Australia was at war, it was my duty as a free young man to enlist. ... ‘ Hatred of the Hun’ Our family often talked about the war and what life would be like if Germany won the war and I came to the conclusion, that for our family and other free people I must go and help. I was told that if Germany were beaten it would be the war to end all wars. ... How can war be glorious? ... ’ I had imagined war in my mind a times, yet I had never conceived how dreadful war could be. ... At the time when I had met him I was still green, and had not yet seen the travesties of war. My first real taste of war was the Battle of Ypres and I had been sick to my stomach of all the killing. ... You know the real meaning of PEACE only if you have been through the war. Opinion of war Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. ... War is not glorious. War is not glamorous. War is a pretty name for murder. ... War is hell. ... The men who say they believe in war should be hung.