awareness of the terrible effects of the weapons or the fact that this would result in a long war resulting in 37 million casualties even though many “books and articles refereed to negative impacts of this conflict”. (Jean-Jacques Baker‚ 2009) Chemical warfare was by far the most feared among the public. Things such as mustard and poison gas were considered some of the crudest weapons to use as poison gas was indiscriminate and could be used on the trenches even when no attack was going on. A poison gas
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The Battle of Verdun was an ineffective war effort for the Germans to invade the French troops during WWI. It was classified as one of the most bloodiest battles during this time. This battle took many lives and left long lasting effects on the world shortly after. The battle was a surprise attack on the French that took place in the French city of Verdun. The Battle of Verdun lasted around 10 months and had no real significant achievement. Both opposing sides gained little to no advantage but costed
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As one can see‚ the soldiers are running‚ an enormous cloud of gas behind them. That gas is usually referred to as “mustard gas” which could leave serious effects on a soldier. We chose that photo because most photos are taken while in the trench. This was taken in the heat of a battle‚ and it shows how destructive weapons of World War I can be. The gas could leave severe effects including blindness‚ blisters‚ loss of voice‚ and much more unpleasant
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Gallipoli was a 1981 fil produced by Peter Weir that shows that Gallipoli and the war in general was not as pleasant or fun as it was all cracked up to be‚ the film shows that even though some causes are worth giving a life for‚ some others are not worth it‚ the Gallipoli campaign was one of them‚ which was a short lived campaign and a fail‚ which resulted in the loss of many lives that could’ve been avoided. While the first thing I will explain isn’t directly related to the book‚ I will include
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carols of their own and they exchanged small gifts like alcohol on No Man’s Land. There was a second one on Christmas Eve in 1915 between French and German troops on the Western Front. They made peace‚ ceased hostilities‚ visited each other trough trench tunnels … for one day. 2. The army generals were iritated when they heard what was happening‚ and issued strict orders forbidding friendly communication
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losses and Martin‚ (one of the only few that made it back from no mans land who managed to crawl back into the trenches)the regiment did not reach their objective but instead just got mowed down.(6) As wounded Martin attempted to get back inside his trench‚ he describes that he sees on the way back “Again and again he passed
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How far does Source 3 challenge the impression given in Sources 1 and 2 that the Battle of the Somme had achieved worthwhile objectives? Having analysed all 3 sources‚ it can be said that source 3 significantly challenges sources 1 and 2 giving an entirely different perspective on the battle of the Somme. Source 1 is an extract from Sir Douglas Haig’s final dispatch‚ published in March 1919. This source begins to describe the Battle of the Somme as a tremendous victory. Haig claims that “The
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’Was general haig the butcher of the Somme?’ Introduction General Haig’s title of ’butcher of the Somme’ originated after the First World War‚ when‚ due to a large number of casualties Britain suffered from the war and mostly the Somme. The people of Britain wanted someone to blame. This was a coping mechanism in which people could deal with the loss of the ’lost generation’. Feild Marshall Haig has often been called the butcher of the Somme because 20000 soldiers died on the first day of the battle
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WWI the conditions were awful‚ men were always being brutally killed and the food that the soldiers were provided with frequently gave them different diseases and were often eaten by rats. The men and the dead bodies spread around many diseases‚ trench foot was especially common among diseases that were caused by standing in muddy and water filled trenches. Paul is the main character in All Quiet on the Western Front. Him and his friends all enlisted in the army when they were 19. When they
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Paul The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front is the harshest story about war ever written. This novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ based on his real life experience about World War 1. It tells a story about a group of companions at war and how they live their life everyday there. After analyzing the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ readers realized that almost all the characters were either very noble or not noble at all. The one character that stood out of all the character for
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