- [Kat comments on the German advance]
- Stanislaus Katczinsky: Paul, if we keep up this pace, we won't have conquered France for 180 years. I worked it out.
- [laughs]
- Paul Bäumer: Don't let them catch you, Kat.
- [the uniform Paul is given has another soldier's name written inside it]
- Paul Bäumer: It already belongs to someone.
- [French cannons bombard the German trenches]
- Tjaden Stackfleet: Creeping barrage.
- Paul Bäumer: What?
- Tjaden Stackfleet: Every couple of minutes, the artillery barrage makes an advance forward. And directly after that, the infantry moves forward.
- Albert Kropp: What does that mean exactly?
- Stanislaus Katczinsky: That they are coming!
- [On Marshal Foch's private train, Matthias Erzberger negotiates a ceasefire with the French]
- Matthias Erzberger: [Speaking to the French delegation while they were sitting] Monsieur le Maréchal, I am asking you for an armistice.
- General Ferdinand Foch: [after handing the document of armistice to Matthias] You have 72 hours to accept our conditions. They are non-negotiable.
- Matthias Erzberger: Seventy-two hours?
- General Ferdinand Foch: The war will continue until you sign them.
- Matthias Erzberger: Monsieur le Maréchal, in God's name, don't let 72 hours pass us by here. Thousands of lives depend on it.
- General Ferdinand Foch: [Marshal stands up to hand a pen to Matthias] Sign then!