World War 1 was a terrible and deplorable part of history. More than 38 million military and regular citizen losses happened amid this war which kept going from july 28th 1914 to November 11 in 1918. I find that life in the front lines were critical to how the war was played out "there had been overwhelming setbacks... Was involving line of trenches close by... Three feet high above water". In the letter from Skipper F.A.C. Scrimager you could see a portion of the conditions that the troopers
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really odd because we had no training and I sign up yesterday so I ask the general “why are we leaving with no training and I sign up yesterday” “he said you will find out when you get to France” so I sat with all the other men for 2 days‚ then we go off the boat and walked 3 days to the front line. when we got there‚ there were dead people everywhere it smelled like poo blood and rotten flesh. They gave us guns and said not run out there‚
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In both All Quiet on the Western Front and The Moon is Down‚ the soldiers deal with harmful effects from the strain of war and fighting. These effects are both psychological and physical. The Moon is Down places less emphasis on this because of the fact that it is a pro-war novel. All Quiet on the Western Front shows more examples of these effects‚ especially in its focus on the main character. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ most of the characters are easily shown to be effected by the war
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Tom’s purpose is initially to retrieve his son’s body. However‚ in a combination of grief and homage to his son‚ Tom decides to walk the ancient spiritual trail where his son died. While walking the Camino‚ Tom meets others from around the world‚ all looking for greater meaning in their lives. He reluctantly falls in with three other pilgrims in particular. Joost (Yorick van Wageningen) is an overweight man from Amsterdam
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Mr. Johnson opened his book and started talking about the Civil War. I could hardly concentrate on what he was saying. All I could think about was the mysterious note I’d found earlier. I made a plan to go back to the alleyway after school and do more investigating. As soon as the final bell rang at 3:00 I rushed out of my art class‚ grabbed my backpack and hurriedly made
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Beginning of the book: During the first chapters of the book only a few traits and quirks about him are revealed‚ we discover that he: • Is a gypsy • A thief by trade • Is a bit of a simpleton • Is Quiet • Doesn’t know much about the world. When he meets Uri on the street and the other boys later on he learns a lot about himself and the world he lives in‚ Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the soldiers or Jackboots as they are called throughout the book. Conflicts and challenges throughout the book
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The poems; • Flag by John Agard • The Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes • The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker And the Novel All quite on the Western Front . Show us different aspects of the parties that are involved in the conflict. Flag by John Agard explores the patriotism and pride over sovereignty of the motherland. How a piece of cloth ‚ a flag can unite people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures to fight for a mutual agenda symbolizes grandeur ‚the love of their country to such extent
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army refers to various military units recruited from‚ or used as garrison troops in‚ colonial territories. It all started on a callous summer day‚ on June 28th 1914‚ the Austro-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ duchess of Hohenberg‚ were assassinated by a Bosnian Serb‚ Gavrilo Princep‚ in Sarajevo. Shadowing this dreadful incident‚ commiserations were given from all over the world. In the background‚ a pull towards combat began in the peaceful month of July. Austria-Hungary sent
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incompetents who sent the ’lions’ of the Poor Bloody Infantry to their deaths in futile battles. Many popular books‚ films and television programmes echo this belief. The casualty list - one million British Empire dead - and the bloody stalemate of the Western Front seem to add credence to this version of events. But there is another interpretation. ...Haig’s army played the leading role in defeating the German forces in the crucial battles of 1918. One undeniable fact is that Britain and its allies‚ not
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two fronts; the Western Front and Eastern Front. The fronts were significantly different when it came to warfare‚ namely the tactics employed to deal with the French and British in the West‚ and the Russians in the East. What was supposed to be a quick victory became a complete failure in military movement and intelligence‚ and an underestimation of military mobilization. On the Western Front‚ Germans ran up against the British and French for over 400 miles. In comparison‚ the Eastern Front consisted
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