Siegfried Sassoon’s statement of willful defiance July 17(?), 1917 I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority because I believe that the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.… Read More
Tag: WW1
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae *originally published in Punch Magazine In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw… Read More
