"Interview to a wounded soldier." Topic

"The New Republic published its first-ever issue in November 1914, just a few months after World War I broke out in Europe. Though the magazine's founders did not originally intend to devote so many column inches to European affairs, they covered the conflict extensively. Along with essays, editorials, and calls to action, the coverage included several interviews with soldiers, including this one with James Corcoran, an Irish soldier convalescing in Bulgaria after fighting in the Dardanelles.

World War I is mostly remembered today for the muddy, bloody trenches of Western Europe, but it was, as its name suggests, a global event, both in where it was fought and who fought it. The war was a clash of empires, and the still-mighty British called on troops from places as varied as Australia, India, Canada, and Ireland. From their homes around the globe, soldiers such as Corcoran came together in places like the Dardanelles (which is today a part of Turkey), where from April 1915 to January 1916 they attempted to seize the strait from the Ottomans. The failed campaign resulted in nearly half a million casualties, and Corcoran could count himself lucky for having survived…"
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