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Pages in category "World War II poems" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. AD (poem) B.
Auden in 1939. German dictator Adolf Hitler observes German soldiers marching into Poland, September 1939 "September 1, 1939" is a poem by W. H. Auden written shortly after the German invasion of Poland, which would mark the start of World War II.
This may have been the first poem dedicated to Noor Inayat Khan and refers to the isolation and fear shared by those in resistance to oppressive regimes. [80] On 3 March 2013, Irfanulla Shariff, an American poet, posted a poem on the Internet, "A Tribute To The Illuminated Woman of World War II", dedicated to Khan, which illustrates her life story.
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War.His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon and stood in contrast to the public perception of war at the time and to the confidently patriotic verse written by earlier war ...
Keith Castellain Douglas (24 January 1920 – 9 June 1944) was a poet and soldier noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem. [2] He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy.
One of the most popular poems ever written in Russia, Wait for Me was especially popular with the frontoviks (front-line soldiers) in the Great Patriotic War, as Russians call World War II. [3] A number of servicemen cut out the poem from Pravda and mailed it to their girlfriends and wives, who in turn wrote poems declaring that they would wait ...
Siegfried Sassoon, a British war poet famous for his poetry written during the First World War. This is a partial list of authors known to have composed war poetry . Pre-1500
Ewart Alan Mackintosh. Lieutenant Ewart Alan Mackintosh MC (4 March 1893 – 21 November 1917) was a war poet and an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders from December 1914. . Mackintosh was killed whilst observing the second day of the second Battle of Cambrai, 21 November 19