Blade of a Sword: Ernst Jünger and the 73rd Fusilier Regiment on the Western Front, 1914-18

The enthralling story of the German 73rd Fusilier Regiment as it fought through the major campaigns of World War I's Western Front.

Combining traditional military history with a trench-­level soldier's view of the Great War, Dr Matthias Strohn tracks the experiences of an elite German regiment throughout the conflict, following the men who fought and died in the service of what would ultimately prove to be a futile cause.

The German 73rd Fusilier Regiment spent the whole of World War I on the...