Western Front Comradeship

During the tough times of war something tiny could be what you chose to live for. In this case, for All Quiet on the Western Front the one thing that kept Paul going was his comrades. The bulk of the soldiers were young and did not have that much at home for them to go back to, some though were fortunate and may have had a mother, father and maybe a wife with children. For them the thing they appreciated most during the war would be the friendships that they made during combat to look forward to after the war ended. As the author states in the book, “But by far the most important result was that it awakened in us a strong, practical sense of esprit de corps, which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war---comradeship.” (Remarque, 22). This quote shows that through the war the only thing he hopes to come out of it would be his comrades. “Esprit de corps” means everyone together working together, by many of them working together; they became able to develop a friendship. A lot of soldiers cling on to one thing to fight for, just like one soldier during World War II. As stated in the article by Daven Hiskey titled A Japanese soldier who continued fighting WWII 29 Years after the Japanese …show more content…
It may take three years, it may take five, but whatever happens, we’ll come back for you. Until then as long as you have one soldier, you are to continue to lead him” (Hiskey). This man only had one other person with him on this island and he had to trust that his comrades would not forget him. That was all he had to hold onto. All he had left was hope and faith in his comrades. Eventually, they went back and found him, but it was many years later. The war had ended and he had no idea. All he knew was to trust and hope for the day they would return for him. Both Paul and Hiroo kept fighting for their comrades; they knew that they needed their comrades and that their comrades needed them. This allowed them to keep fighting to