Gallipoli (Feb 19 1915 – Jan 9 1916) was an Allied campaign to capture the Turkish capital Constantinople and wrest control of the strategically invaluable Dardanelles straits‚ thus allowing supply lines to run through the the cut-off Russians. The first planned attack was a British/French naval assault on February 19 1915. It bombarded Turkish artillery along the coast but had very little effect. A new attack was launched on March 18 targeting a bottleneck in the Dardanelles. It suceesfully destroyed
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In 1929‚ Robert Graves published his war novel "Goodbye to all that." It is based on his own life experiences of the Great War. This autobiography has been involved in "The great books controversy and changing attitudes towards the war." But in 1931‚ two years after this Great War book was published‚ Robert Graves wrote "P. S. Goodbye to all that." In this he justifies some of his actions and why he wrote parts of the novel the way he did. He confesses that he wrote the novel to make "a lump
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explosions of the artillery shells hitting the ground were either followed by a loud scream or the rag dollish figure of what was left of a man who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Every man was either running towards the enemy or back to his trench only to be shot by his own men for being a coward in battle. We set up the cannons as the Colonel blew his whistle to let the “rats” as some men would call them
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against trench foot. So much time is spent around waiting for a battle‚ in the lonely boring times my friends and I play cards‚ or dice. Bill is especially good at poker‚ he is my closest friend out here‚ and he seems to be coping better as he is older and seen a lot more than myself. One night I awoke to him sobbing‚ we shared a friendly conversation on the toll this fighting takes on us‚ he changes his socks only one time a day‚ two is recommended to stop trench foot. Speaking on trench foot‚ my
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intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the later part of his career as Commander‚ Haig is remembered for reasons such as: his ability to recognise the changing nature of warfare during World War One and capacity to adapt his tactics and learn from his mistakes. Overall the main reasons Haig
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from staying in the trenches. For example‚ shell shock. Shell shock is what happens when a soldier breaks down under the stress of being in war. I’ve seen it occur. But shell shock isn’t the only danger that the trenches bring. There’s also lice and trench
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In “The Things They Carried‚” a short story by Tim O’Brien‚ the reader is able to see‚ in great detail‚ each of the characters ways of dealing with the atrocities of the Vietnam War by what they choose to carry; how symbolically they use these objects as a means for remembrance of what they have left behind‚ to escape what they deal with each day‚ and for some‚ a false sense of security and/or control over the violence and death that surrounds them. Each soldier in the story “humps” an object
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Life in the trenches is varied differently from alliance to alliance‚ but the hardship is still the same. So what are the trenches like for our soldiers at war? All of the soldiers face many difficulties while at war. Death is a constant comrade in war whether in the trenches or not. Constant shellfire brings random deaths to those not even on guard. Many of the soldiers are buried due to large bombardments in the trenches. Death is shown all around not just from bombardments‚ but also disease
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In filmography‚ the setting is a key literary device which‚ if used effectively‚ can be the basis on which we‚ as an audience‚ can understand of the key ideas in a film. The Kimberley Gift Fair and the Gallipoli Peninsula are two important settings in the 1981 motion picture‚ ‘Gallipoli‚’ which enable us to gain an understanding of the key ideas of the film; which are‚ the destructive puissance of war propaganda and the brutality of war. Throughout the film‚ a plethora of cinematic techniques are
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These rifled cannons could shoot heavier and larger munitions compared to earlier smoothbore versions. One of the key aspects of modern warfare is commanders understanding the importance of superior firepower and utilize these force multipliers on the battlefield to gain advantages. Gen. McClellan fully appreciated the potential for this new weapon of war and expanded Union Artillery by
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