
audiobook
TRUE STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR
"WHEN THE PRUSSIANS CAME TO POLAND"—A TRAGEDY
MY EXPERIENCES WITH SPIES IN THE GREAT WAR
"THE ADVENTURE OF THE U-202"—THE KAISER'S ARMADA
"PASSED BY THE CENSOR"—TRUE STORIES FROM THE FIELDS OF BATTLE
"PRIESTS IN THE FIRING LINE"—THE CROSS AND CRUCIFIX
STORIES OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN—SEEN WITH HER OWN EYES
"PRISONER OF WAR"—A SOLDIER'S TALES OF THE ARMY
WAR SCENES I SHALL NEVER FORGET
"WAR LETTERS FROM FRANCE"—THE HEARTS OF HEROES
This volume gathers a vivid chorus of voices from the Great War, each told directly by those who lived it—soldiers in the trenches, submarine commanders prowling the Atlantic, nurses tending the wounded, and even diplomats and spies moving in shadows. The editors drew from twenty‑eight reputable sources, preserving the raw immediacy of letters, diaries and eyewitness reports. Listeners will feel the clash of artillery, the cramped steel of a U‑boat, and the quiet resolve of a field hospital as if they were right there beside the storytellers.
Among the accounts, a French priest recounts keeping his faith while shells fall, an American woman describes the sudden terror of a German invasion in her hometown, and a daring aviator shares the exhilaration of dogfights above the clouds. A submarine captain narrates a midnight hunt for enemy convoys, while a Red Cross nurse paints daily life amidst the chaos of the Western Front. Together these narratives offer a mosaic of courage, fear, and everyday humanity that shaped a generation.
Full title
True Stories of the Great War, Volume 4 (of 6) Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses Tales of Adventure--Heroic Deeds--Exploits Told by the Soldiers, Officers, Nurses, Diplomats, Eye Witnesses
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (600K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Brian Coe, Moti Ben-Ari, missing pages from HathiTrust Digital Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)
Release date
2015-07-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

by United States. Department of Defense

by Order of the Eastern Star. General Grand Chapter

by Robert Lewis Dabney

by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jr. Joseph Smith

by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur

by Aurora Mardiganian

by Martin Robison Delany