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The Death of Bertinck and Leer from "All Quiet on the Western Front". Company Commander Bertinck is killed while taking out a flamethrower team. Leer is also killed by the same fragment that wounds Bertinck.

during the summer of 1918

The Death of Bertinck and Leer

Company Commander Bertinck is killed while taking out a flamethrower team. Leer is also killed by the same fragment that wounds Bertinck. Their deaths are swift and brutal, a testament to the relentless violence of the final year of the war. Paul is now one of the few remaining from his original class.