Provides a memoir of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier who viewed the war as a personal struggle, testing himself by leading raiding parties and enduring as his comrades were killed.

In Stahlgewittern first published in German 1920 ; this final revised edition first published 1961.

In the Chalk Trenches of Champagne --From Bazancourt to Hattonchatel -- Les Eparges -- Douchy and Monchy -- Daily Life in the Trenches -- The Beginning of the Battle of the Somme -- Guillemont -- The Woods of St-Pierre-Vaast -- Retreat from the Somme -- In the Village of Fresnoy -- Against Indian Opposition -- Langemarck -- Regnieville -- Flanders Again -- The Double Battle of Cambrai -- At the Cojeul River -- The Great Battle -- British Gains -- My Last Assault -- We Fight Our Way Through.