~The following letter is not an authentic letter from a soldier‚ but a letter I wrote myself from a soldier’s perspective that describes what the ANZAC’s went through during WWI~ Dear Homefolks‚ I am currently having a short period of rest time and have time to write to you all to give you a feel of what we are doing and going through. I heard somewhere that the letters are being censored but I’m not sure if it’s true or just another story going around. I am doing well and eating like a horse
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casualties so high on the Western Front? There are many reasons for the casualties on the western front during World War I‚ such as the length of the war‚ the weapons involved‚ strategy and tactics‚ and the conditions. The total number of casualties in World War I‚ both military and civilian‚ was about 37 million: 16 million deaths and 21 million wounded. Throughout this essay‚ I will explain how each of these things affected the number of people who died on the Western Front. The first reason was weaponry
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Western Ghats From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Sahyadri" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Sahyadri (disambiguation). Western Ghats Sahyadri Mountains The Western Ghats lie roughly parallel to the west coast of India Highest point Peak Anamudi (Eravikulam) Elevation 2‚695 m (8‚842 ft) Coordinates 10°10′N 77°04′ECoordinates: 10°10′N 77°04′E Dimensions Width 100 km (62 mi) E–W Area 160‚000 km2 (62‚000 sq mi) Geography Country India States List[show] Settlements Ooty
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memorial was to be a glass-block structure etched with excerpts of letters sent to and from servicemen during the Vietnam War. Due to the overwhelming response to the commission’s request for letters‚ Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam came to be. Consisting of 208 letters‚ poems‚ and journal entries written by 125 people‚ this book is a heart wrenching‚ first hand account of the personal experiences of soldiers both on and behind the front lines in Vietnam‚ and of loved ones waiting in anguish for
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When Word’s Come Alive “He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank‚ a man who can bend language to his will.” This is how The New York Times Book Review describes Erich Maria Remarque’s writing in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque uses figurative language to enhance his ideas. The most developed device he uses is personification because it grabs the reader’s attention and helps the reader understand the mood of the novel. One example of personification that pulls the reader
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you as well. Before I left I promised to write you about my first battle on the Western Front. My experience here has been a real eye-opener‚ the things I have saw‚ heard‚ touched‚ taste‚ and felt are revolting and painful. My first day in the battle was terrifying‚ being in the trenches while eggs were being thrown‚ land creepers were shooting as us from all directions‚ blind pigs were being fired at us from left and right‚ and the suicide squad after us. After being in the trenches day after day
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Ms. Graham AP Euro 1 March 9th‚ 2015 WWI and The Home Front DBQ The Great war greatly affected the European home front during the course of war. Many countries were happy and saw much benefit in their position during the war‚ like Britain and Austria; however‚ citizens in Germany and Russia saw themselves as suffering because of their nation’s participation in the war‚ and women generally ignored their working conditions and proudly served their home along with the men of their country. Britain and
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country. All day long all I see is people dying and I think I am next? Will I be alive tomorrow? I see people jump up out of the trenches alive and then two seconds later fall back down dead. Two weeks ago while sitting in the trenches someone started yelling GAS! GAS! In that instant I feared for my life. I grabbed a gas mask‚ hoping that I would get it on in time‚ so that I would live to see another day. There aren’t enough gas masks for everyone so I had to watch my friend suffocate from the gas
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As Paige Gibbons Backus notes in her 2021 essay ‘Total War’‚ the Civil War’s effect on the home front: “Since the Confederate army had priority in terms of transportation‚ what little food was earmarked for civilians often went bad before it could be shipped from warehouses. When the government tried to rectify the situation by delivering food‚ farmers responded by hiding their crops and livestock. Hyperinflation sent the price
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The book looks into the “home front” in Vienna during WWI‚ examining the breaking down of the boundary between military and civilian spheres in the Great War. While the home front had been believed as a safe‚ peaceful‚ stable port of last resort‚ the book reveals how in the actual war‚ there were enormous tensions going on among different social groups in the everyday-life of Vienna. Because the social-historical perspective leads the author to focus on the common people and everyday-life (food
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