Why Do We Count The Cost Of Ww1
How do we count the cost of World War I?
The aim of this lesson is to look at the human cost of the war, in terms of worldwide casualties, as well as the significance of each individual casualty.
Task One.
Answer the questions by typing the answers underneath.
What were the total casualties for Britain?
The total casualties for Britain were 3.1 million.
What were the total casualties for Germany?
The total casualties for Germany were 7.1 million.
Which two countries had the most men killed?
The two countries with the most men killed were Russia and Germany with 1.7 million killed.
How many countries, in total, lost men in WWI?
15 countries lost men in World War 1.
Which country suffered most, in terms of casualties, during the war?
Russia had the most casualties in the …show more content…
war, with 9.15 million, but Austria had the highest percentage of casualties compared to the men they mobilised.
Task Two.
You are going to create a bar chart showing the men mobilised and killed for each country. Follow the instructions.
Task
Task Three.
Now you are going to study the casualties from a different perspective.
Answer the questions.
How many ‘hits’ did you get?
When searching my last name, Brown, I received 6965 results.
How did you feel when you were reading the information about the people who died?
It’s somewhat morbid looking at the records of people who died. It’s saddening to see how many different people died, especially since a lot of them were not soldiers.
Pick one soldier and look carefully at the information about him. Make a note of who he left behind and any other interesting information.
Henrik William Brown was a Bombardier, which were equal to Corporals in the Artillery force, in the Australian Field Artillery. He was apart of the 29th Bty and 8th Bde. His service number was 19662.
Henrick died on 06/08/1917, at the age of 25.
Henrik had lived in Victoria, Australia and left behind his mother and father, Margaret Ann and John Brown. From the information provided he had no spouse. The inscription left on his grave was “OUR HERO DEARLY LOVED, DEEPLY MOURNED."
Task 4.
How do we count the cost of the Great War? Does it matter which country lost the most young men, or is each individual death equally important, regardless of nationality? Write a paragraph answering this question, and explaining what you have learnt this
lesson.
The costs of the Great War were counted by the lives of soldiers lost. Many of those damaged or hurt by the war were not recognised, even if they did die. When it comes to which country lost more, or which had the more significant lose, it does not matter. Age, fame or nationality do not change the importance of a life. This opinion, however, was not agreed with during the war. The governments did not care what lives were lost, as long as they won the war. The information found proves that commanders were quite willing to throw soldiers into the field without a second thought about what might happen to them.
The aim of this lesson is to look at the human cost of the war, in terms of worldwide casualties, as well as the significance of each individual casualty.
Task One.
Answer the questions by typing the answers underneath.
What were the total casualties for Britain?
The total casualties for Britain were 3.1 million.
What were the total casualties for Germany?
The total casualties for Germany were 7.1 million.
Which two countries had the most men killed?
The two countries with the most men killed were Russia and Germany with 1.7 million killed.
How many countries, in total, lost men in WWI?
15 countries lost men in World War 1.
Which country suffered most, in terms of casualties, during the war?
Russia had the most casualties in the …show more content…
war, with 9.15 million, but Austria had the highest percentage of casualties compared to the men they mobilised.
Task Two.
You are going to create a bar chart showing the men mobilised and killed for each country. Follow the instructions.
Task
Task Three.
Now you are going to study the casualties from a different perspective.
Answer the questions.
How many ‘hits’ did you get?
When searching my last name, Brown, I received 6965 results.
How did you feel when you were reading the information about the people who died?
It’s somewhat morbid looking at the records of people who died. It’s saddening to see how many different people died, especially since a lot of them were not soldiers.
Pick one soldier and look carefully at the information about him. Make a note of who he left behind and any other interesting information.
Henrik William Brown was a Bombardier, which were equal to Corporals in the Artillery force, in the Australian Field Artillery. He was apart of the 29th Bty and 8th Bde. His service number was 19662.
Henrick died on 06/08/1917, at the age of 25.
Henrik had lived in Victoria, Australia and left behind his mother and father, Margaret Ann and John Brown. From the information provided he had no spouse. The inscription left on his grave was “OUR HERO DEARLY LOVED, DEEPLY MOURNED."
Task 4.
How do we count the cost of the Great War? Does it matter which country lost the most young men, or is each individual death equally important, regardless of nationality? Write a paragraph answering this question, and explaining what you have learnt this
lesson.
The costs of the Great War were counted by the lives of soldiers lost. Many of those damaged or hurt by the war were not recognised, even if they did die. When it comes to which country lost more, or which had the more significant lose, it does not matter. Age, fame or nationality do not change the importance of a life. This opinion, however, was not agreed with during the war. The governments did not care what lives were lost, as long as they won the war. The information found proves that commanders were quite willing to throw soldiers into the field without a second thought about what might happen to them.