"were the British soldiers ’Lions led by Donkeys?’" has been an ongoing debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that the troops were ’lions led by donkeys’. The definition that the soldiers were ’lions’ in the war has never been questioned - due to the horrific reports of their lives in the war. The soldiers were just young men:
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What happened to soldiers who died in the war? Introduction Almost a million British soldiers died in the Great War. Some died alone‚ killed by a chance shell‚ grenade or bullet; many died together as they attacked or defended against attack. Thousands of men died of wounds they had suffered‚ at the medical facilities along the casualty evacuation chain. Many died of illnesses or accidents. This is all well-known and well documented: but what actually happened to them after they died? [Insert Photos
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In the novel The Things They Carried the young soldiers are afraid of seeming weak. O’ Brien didn’t want to go to war. He was even considering fleeing to Canada. O’ Brien eventually decided to go because he was afraid of seeming like a coward to his family and town. He went to war out of fear of appearing weak to his peers. He believed it would be shameful if he didn’t go to the war. The soldiers in the novel were cautious to show any sign of fear. They were in an unpredictable and strange environment
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French and Indian War‚ Great Britain gained lots of territories but lost lots of money. Great Britain did not want to quickly occupy this territory so they decided to make the Quartering acts. The first quartering acts basically said that British Soldiers can board free at inns and stay at abandon houses. In order to make up for the loss of money. Great Britain put lots of taxes on imports and exports as well as other laws that limited Port Cities like Boston from making money off their ports.
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and easy to follow chain of command Roman soldiers were among the best trained on the planet. Male soldiers started training at age 16 and before they even touched a weapon they had to learn how to march properly. The Romans viewed marching as uber important because if soldiers were straggling‚ the group would not be all together and therefore‚ vulnerable to attack. According to an article from roman-empire.net‚ “...during the summer months the soldiers were to be marched twenty Roman miles‚ which
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Do Child Soldiers Deserve Amnesty? Child soldiers are used all around the world‚ and are being abused‚ and forced to commit horrible acts just to survive. With these children under the age of 18 being taken or literally forced into becoming a soldier in the ranks of drug addicts and murderers‚ it is clear these children aren’t acting or thinking like they would be had they never been involved in warfare. These children‚ whether or not they have ever committed an crime against humanity‚ deserve
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Comparison of Dulce et Decorum Est and The Soldier ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke are poems about war but treat the subject completely differently. Dulce et speaks about the bitter reality of war while The Soldier glorifies dying for your country. ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ on its own means it is honourable to die for ones country. The title is misleading as Owen goes on to reveal the cold truth about war and tells us‚ ‘My friend‚ you would not tell with
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child‚ they think of someone in middle school worried about making friends and fitting in. For many children in war-ridden countries in Africa‚ they have a much different reality. They are forced into becoming soldiers‚ given narcotics‚ and told to kill certain targets and people. Child soldiers are enlisted at very young ages‚ put onto the front lines‚ and forced to kill. That is why the children involved are victims of this terrible process‚ and should not be treated as criminals. First of all‚
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including soldiers. She tended to‚ answered‚ and located around 120‚000 men in four years. She also served on sixteen battlefields in the Civil War. Clara would tend to wounded and ill soldiers risking her own life. Reading parts of Clara Barton to the American People‚ we can see this. Even after the war‚ Clara continued to aid the ill in any way she could find. She overcame floods‚
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these children face or are asked to do is horrific. Many of the youth are under fifteen years old‚ recruited to be soldiers‚ forced into marriage at young ages‚ or joined to escape their reality. What do you do when you are kidnapped and forced to fight a war you know nothing about? Should this child be prosecuted for crimes he or she committed during war times? Should child soldiers be prosecuted for war crimes? You are ten years old at school and war breaks out in your village like in the book
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