Analysis: The Second Battle Of The Marne
The Second Battle of the Marne The second battle of the Marne is also known as the battle of Reims. It took place in the year 1918, from 15th July to 6th August. This battle was said to be the last and major German offensive during the period of World War 1, on the Western Front. This attack by the German failed due to the French and American forces allied counterattack. The start of ‘relentless allied advance’ was marked after the defeat of the Germans, it culminated in the ‘armistice with Germany’ almost a hundred years later ("Second Battle of the Marne", 2017). The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of the United States army was involved in World War 1. It was established in France, in 5th July 1917, under Gen. Pershing’s command. The
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They developed comradeship in the battle, such that they would do anything to help a fellow soldier. The thing that soldiers feared most in the war was the artillery shells which were designed to be exploding some meters above the ground, this would result to red hot metal pieces, and shrapnel balls that would easily injure an individual. Also, the explosion would also blow a person to bits. This is one of the reason why many soldiers were unaccounted for, since their bodies were nowhere to be found. Soldiers were living in fear of being shot or getting blown apart by the explosions. They were also finding dead bodies of their fellow soldiers which had already rotten. All soldiers were exposed to horrible things like various diseases, lice and rats. Their life on trenches was so awful that they preferred being injured and sent home instead of having to live for another day on the trenches ("What was it like to fight in WWI?", 2001). The trenches were awful because its living conditions were dangerous and appalling. They contained mud and water, so wooden planks were put at the bottom by the soldiers to prevent their feet from getting wet, though their still got wet because the wood did not help. This is because the trenches had not been built in the right way. This condition on the trench made the soldiers suffer from ‘trench foot’ because of being in the water for long ("What was it like to fight in WWI?",
They developed comradeship in the battle, such that they would do anything to help a fellow soldier. The thing that soldiers feared most in the war was the artillery shells which were designed to be exploding some meters above the ground, this would result to red hot metal pieces, and shrapnel balls that would easily injure an individual. Also, the explosion would also blow a person to bits. This is one of the reason why many soldiers were unaccounted for, since their bodies were nowhere to be found. Soldiers were living in fear of being shot or getting blown apart by the explosions. They were also finding dead bodies of their fellow soldiers which had already rotten. All soldiers were exposed to horrible things like various diseases, lice and rats. Their life on trenches was so awful that they preferred being injured and sent home instead of having to live for another day on the trenches ("What was it like to fight in WWI?", 2001). The trenches were awful because its living conditions were dangerous and appalling. They contained mud and water, so wooden planks were put at the bottom by the soldiers to prevent their feet from getting wet, though their still got wet because the wood did not help. This is because the trenches had not been built in the right way. This condition on the trench made the soldiers suffer from ‘trench foot’ because of being in the water for long ("What was it like to fight in WWI?",