were at a stalemate‚ they knew that the only way to protect themselves from the enemy was to dig‚ leading to trench warfare (Keegan‚ 258). The trench warfare became a game of sending men across no-man’s land in order to gain some leverage over the enemy. Conditions in the trenches was revolting with bodies of dead men and feces creating the perfect condition for disease‚ as well as trench foot caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp‚ unsanitary‚ and cold
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The signal man There was something remarkable in his manner of doing so‚ though I could not have said for my life what. But I know it was remarkable enough to attract my notice‚ even though his figure was foreshortened and shadowed‚ down in the deep trench‚ and mine was high above him‚ so stepped in the glow of an angry sunset that i had shaded my eyes with my hand before I saw him at all.This extract‚ close to the beginning of the story‚ has many connotations of mystery and of sinister feelings. The
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On one revolutionary night in 1914‚ Andrew Fisher the Prime Minister of Australia‚ declared that Australia would stand beside their mother country Britain should the worst happen and they go to war‚ and days later they did. Over the course of the four year(1914-1918) World War one was fought‚ there were one hundred and forty seven battles and although Australia didn’t fight with the allies in each battle‚ their involvement was regarded as imperative to winning the war. People in modern society when
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What is the function of ‘Act 1’ In ‘Journeys End?’ After reading ‘Act 1’‚ we instantly get given a slight insight on some of the horrendous conditions of war‚ which is something you do initially expect to entice before reading a war play. It plays a role of developing audiences feelings and expectations by aspects such as stage directions‚ the setting‚ sounds and lighting giving you a deeper depth of realisation of how men really lived in the trenches‚ how they really acted and how they
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Since the begging of time humans have resorted to war in times of conflict or disagreement. Nevertheless‚ humans have never had tremendous annihilation power up until WWII and the creation of the atomic bomb. Dropping such bomb would ensure thousands of people would lose their lives some of who were innocent and some not. Although‚ the decision to drop the bomb is controversial it was necessary due to the stakes of sovereignty‚ ethnic cleansing prevention‚ and the end to Hitler’s regime. One cannot
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the Aleutian Islands arc. Farther west‚ the Pacific plate is being subducted along the Kamchatka Peninsula arcs on south past Japan. The southern portion is more complex‚ with a number of smaller tectonic plates in collision with the Pacific plate from the Mariana Islands‚ the Philippines‚ Bougainville‚ Tonga‚ and New Zealand; this portion excludes Australia‚ since it lies in the center of its tectonic plate. Indonesia lies between the Ring of Fire along the northeastern islands adjacent to and includingNew
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World War One (WW1) beginning on the 28th July 1914 and ending on 11 November 1918 impacted the everyday lives and attitudes of Australians in many ways. The soldiers who fought in WW1 were affected physically (injuries) and physiologically‚ in the trenches and on the battlefields. This caused many of the soldiers to suffer PTSD and shell shock. Consequently WW1 also affected the lives of Families‚ specifically women and children who where left to work at home and do jobs men would usually do.
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“Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line‚ even when no raid or attack was launched or defended against. In busy sectors the constant shellfire directed by the enemy brought random death‚ whether their victims were lounging in a trench or lying in a dugout (many men were buried as a consequence of such large shell-bursts) (Life in the Trenches).” That is what a man fighting WWI had to look forward to. They could have had anything happen to them at any point in time they didn’t know
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that was killing enemies on No Mans Land. I got shot in the leg and caused me to get a wound and also I ended up in the hospital because I had trench foot‚ which is a foot disease that kills your skin cells. I will never forget how bad it smelled because of people dying and really sick. We always had to be on our guard because enemies attempted to bomb our trench. The soldiers that survived the bombing were wounded and many of them had lice‚ which made them very unhealthy because it lived on our skin
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United States’ Involvement in the Pacific Theatre during World War II On 1 September 1939 the country of Germany led by Adolf Hitler invaded Poland using blitzkrieg tactics or in other words “lightning war”. As Germany is capturing Europe one country at a time Japan is doing the same except with Asia and Japan is also preparing for the attack of the United States naval base on the island of Oahu called Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war on Japan‚ break
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