Help me out. Someone in a previous thread mentioned a book about WW1 soldiers serving in the Alps. I can't remember the title of the book.
Probably the best known one would be Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", loosely based on his own Kerry-like brief service (with a real wound that did put him in the hospital). However, my favorites from that sector are several novels by John Biggin.
One title is something like "The Emperor's Colored Coat", can't remember the others. The central character is an old Austro-Hungarian officer, 100+ years old, reminiscing about his wartime exploits as a submarine officer and later an aviator in the Italian theater. Subtle humor along with a great deal of trivial knowledge about military affairs of an empire with eleven different languages in use.
Probably the best known one would be Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", loosely based on his own Kerry-like brief service (with a real wound that did put him in the hospital). However, my favorites from that sector are several novels by John Biggin.
One title is something like "The Emperor's Colored Coat", can't remember the others. The central character is an old Austro-Hungarian officer, 100+ years old, reminiscing about his wartime exploits as a submarine officer and later an aviator in the Italian theater. Subtle humor along with a great deal of trivial knowledge about military affairs of an empire with eleven different languages in use.