A quiet forest can erupt into total war within minutes

Evidence

Then it seemed to Grange that things happened very quickly. He was scarcely halfway back to the blockhouse when a powerful whine of motors began to burrow and thunder through the forest on all sides at once, with the unceremoniousness of a troop of beaters going into a thicket, and suddenly the whole Roof shivered with the tremendous racket of bombs and machine guns. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 395

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 395
• XREF: connects to: A war’s turning point can be marked by a single small, dry sound — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 405; War’s ruin intrudes on and dishonors even untouched natural landscapes — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 28

Broader Connections

• War’s ruin intrudes on and dishonors even untouched natural landscapes #corroborates (0.75) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 28