“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.”

—  Erich Maria Remarque, book All Quiet on the Western Front

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front

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