"This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942)
During the Second World War, soldiers experienced fear and became aware of their mortality as a result of those factors that were unfamiliar to them. Where memoirs or other narratives are available, it is possible to interpret soldiers’ expressions of fear and mortality and to determine the ways in...
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| description | During the Second World War, soldiers experienced fear and became aware of their mortality as a result of those factors that were unfamiliar to them. Where memoirs or other narratives are available, it is possible to interpret soldiers’ expressions of fear and mortality and to determine the ways in which they began to deal with these emotions in different war situations, whether in battle, in confronting disease or in handling difficult environmental conditions. In this instance, the East African campaign and the campaign in North Africa form the background to the investigation into soldiers’ experience of fear and mortality as expressed in their writings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b22c9ab96d754008b248d7765d1a9f582022-12-22T04:07:42ZafrStellenbosch UniversityScientia Militaria2309-96822224-00202020-11-0148248210.5787/48-2-1290"This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942)Horn, Karen 0University of the Free StateDuring the Second World War, soldiers experienced fear and became aware of their mortality as a result of those factors that were unfamiliar to them. Where memoirs or other narratives are available, it is possible to interpret soldiers’ expressions of fear and mortality and to determine the ways in which they began to deal with these emotions in different war situations, whether in battle, in confronting disease or in handling difficult environmental conditions. In this instance, the East African campaign and the campaign in North Africa form the background to the investigation into soldiers’ experience of fear and mortality as expressed in their writings.https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1290east african campaignnorth african campaignmedical servicesfearmortalitysecond world war |
| spellingShingle | Horn, Karen "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) Scientia Militaria east african campaign north african campaign medical services fear mortality second world war |
| title | "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) |
| title_full | "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) |
| title_fullStr | "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) |
| title_full_unstemmed | "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) |
| title_short | "This is war, isn't it?" Fear and mortality from El Wak to El Alamein (1940 - 1942) |
| title_sort | this is war isn t it fear and mortality from el wak to el alamein 1940 1942 |
| topic | east african campaign north african campaign medical services fear mortality second world war |
| url | https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1290 |
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