During World War I, the German government called on young enthusiastic student volunteers to join the battlefield to defend the country. Inspired by the chauvinism of the teacher, Paul and his classmates joined the first world war with heroic ideals. These young people had idealized life and war.
After training, these inexperienced "baby soldiers" were sent to the western front to participate in the war. However, their naive dreams were shattered, and they soon found themselves involved in a long and cruel war. The earth became eerie, and many people cried, struggled and called, trying to get rid of the threat of death, but they could only fall down feebly.
Paul, the hero, began to doubt the ideals of the past. The cruelty and destruction of war completely shattered his heroism, and his heart changed, and he began to doubt, hate and even hate war.
Finally, one day, Paul climbed out of the ditch to catch butterflies. He was shot and killed in the cold. However, compared with war, personal life is insignificant. On that day, the report of the front-line headquarters wrote: everything is calm on the western front.