Erich Maria Remarque based the book on his own experience as a young infantryman in the German army during World War I, and was partially influenced by Henri Barbusse's 'Le Feu Journal d'une Escouade,' (1916) a war novel published while the war was still being fought. Published in 1929, All Quiet on the Western Front masterfully depicts the horror of war. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
