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1. • • Tolkien served in the Great War and happened to be stationed at one of the worst battles imaginable. The visions of human walls of men charging into battle and falling wasn’t imagined in his case. Moreover, he may have written about a Fellowship of the Ring, but also took part in a fellowship itself tested by war.
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     How World War One Helped Inspire Lord Of The Rings

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   Why was War a catalyst for Tolkien?

   • War was a catalyst for Tolkien: it was an unprecedented experience that galvanized him to write stories unlike anything the world had ever seen before. “A real taste for fairy-stories,” Tolkien once explained, “was wakened by philology on the threshold of manhood, and quickened to full life by war.”

   War Without Allegory: WWI, Tolkien, and The Lord of the Rings

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   What influenced John Ronald Reuel Tolkien?

   • A soldier during World War One, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was haunted by his observations of war: man’s inhumanity to man, tribalism and the alien, jagged landscape left in the wake of violence, all of which are themes that echo loudly throughout his work. Here’s how Tolkien’s literary creations were influenced by World War One.

   How Tolkien’s Middle Earth Was Influenced by World War One

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   How fortunate was Tolkien in surviving the war?

   • Tolkien was immensely fortunate in surviving all the assaults that he led, and perhaps more fortunate still when he contracted trench fever and had to be invalided home for the rest of the war.

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   How did the war affect Tolkien?

   • The war imposed urgency and gravity, took [Tolkien] through terror, sorrow, and unexpected joy, and reinvented the real world in a strange, extreme form. Without the war, it is arguable whether his fictions would have focused on a conflict between good and evil; or if they had, whether good and evil would have taken a similar shape.

   Tolkien and the Great War - Wikipedia

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   How many chapters are in Tolkien & the Great War?

   • [G 1] Tolkien and the Great War was published in 2003 by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom and Houghton Mifflin in the United States. It has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Spanish. [G 2] Tolkien and the Great War is written in three parts. The first, in six chapters, examines J. R. R. Tolkien 's early life.

   Tolkien and the Great War - Wikipedia

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   What happened to Tolkien after he died?

   • Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes. June 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army. July 15 - Tolkien becomes a second lieutenant, and is appointed to the 13th Service Battalion of the Lancashire Fusilliers.

   World War I - Tolkien Gateway

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3. tolkiengateway.net › wiki › Michael_TolkienMichael Tolkien - Tolkien Gateway

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   Sep 2, 2024 · Michael Hilary Reuel "Mick" Tolkien (22 October, 1920 - 27 February, 1984) was the second son of J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien. Tolkien wrote the story Roverandom as a way to console Michael over the loss of his toy dog; Michael appears in the story as boy Two .

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tolkien_and_the_Great_WarTolkien and the Great War - Wikipedia

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   Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth is a 2003 biography by John Garth of the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien's early life, focusing on his formative military experiences during the First World War. The book was warmly welcomed by Tolkien scholars as filling in an important gap in biographical coverage.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Great_War_and_Middle-earthThe Great War and Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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   The Great War, later called the First World War, broke out in 1914. Among other nations, Britain and France fought Germany, resulting in a long and bloody period of trench warfare in northeastern France. [3] Tolkien was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers who fought in the Battle of the Somme from September 1916.

7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleTolkien’s grandson on how WW1 inspired The Lord of the Rings

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   Jan 3, 2017 · Simon Tolkien is the author of No Man’s Land, which is inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, JRR Tolkien, during World War One (Doubleday/Nan A Talese, on sale...

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8. tolkiengateway.net › wiki › World_War_IWorld War I - Tolkien Gateway

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   June 28 - The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austriain Sarajevo.

   July 28- Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia mobilizes. The Great War begins.

   August 4- The British Empire declares war on Germany, following tension and conflict on the mainland in July.

   August - Hilary Tolkien joins the army as a bugler. Geoffrey Bache Smith and Robert Gilson join the army. Christopher Wiseman joins the navy instead. J.R.R. Tolkienplans to finish his education.

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   June 10- Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.

   June 28- Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.

   July 15- Tolkien becomes a second lieutenant, and is appointed to the 13th Service Battalion of the Lancashire Fusilliers.

   September 25 - The Big Four of the T.C.B.S.- Tolkien, Smith, Wiseman and Gilson - have their last meeting.

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   January 2 - Wiseman reports for duty at the HMS Superb in Invergordon.

   January 8- Robert Gilson is promoted to Lieutenant and shipped to France.

   March 16 - Tolkien receives his degree at the University of Oxford.

   March 22 - Tolkien marries Edith Bratt.

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   January 12- Tolkien's leave of absence (to recover from his trench fever) ends, but he is far from recovered.

   January 29- Tolkien faces a Medical Board in Birmingham, but he is not deemed fit to return to war.

   February- Tolkien faces his second Medical Board, but is again deemed unfit for duty.

   February 27- Tolkien faces his third Medical Board, and again his leave is extended.

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   October 11- Tolkien is officially released from Brooklands Hospital, Birmingham.

   November 11- The War comes to an end in a cease-fire.

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   February 17 - Hilary Tolkienreturns home.

   June 28- The war officially ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

   July 15- Tolkien is released from service.

   July 16- Tolkien is officially demobilized.

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9. www.worldwar1centennial.org › index › articlesWar Without Allegory: WWI, Tolkien, and The Lord of the Rings

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   War was a catalyst for Tolkien: it was an unprecedented experience that galvanized him to write stories unlike anything the world had ever seen before. “A real taste for fairy-stories,” Tolkien once explained, “was wakened by philology on the threshold of manhood, and quickened to full life by war.”.

10. www.historyhit.com › culture › 1937-middle-earthHow Tolkien’s Middle Earth Was Influenced by World War One

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    Oct 13, 2022 · Here’s how Tolkien’s literary creations were influenced by World War One. His grew up in South Africa and England. Tolkien was born and raised as a child in British South Africa.