A young man who enlisted in the German Army shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Ernst Jünger adapted Storm of Steel from many volumes of wartime journals. Jünger was a member of the…
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Fritz Jünger
Jünger’s younger brother who joins his regiment. Jünger is devoted to him and, when Fritz is badly injured at the battle of Langemarck, he risks his own life to ensure Fritz is evacuated for medical care. He and Ernst are reunited in Germany near the end of the war.
Colonel von Oppen
Jünger’s much-admired commander, whom he considers to be a “born leader.” Von Oppen dies of cholera after being appointed to a battalion in Palestine in 1918.