1. “It was like ten thousand devils let loose”2:
John French, British sapper
2. “Young men … helping this nation to save its soul”:
Phillip T. Cate, American ambulance driver
3. “Behind barbed wire in … a stable for men”:
Willy Wolff, German internee in Britain
4. “A year … such as I can never hope to have again”:
James D. Hutchison, ANZAC artilleryman
5. “Life has been spent among the dead”:
Henri Desagneaux, French infantry officer
6. “Hunger was stronger than all punishments”:
Felix Kaufmann, German POW in France