The compelling 1981 film that is known as Gallipoli was ironically more focused on the two main characters‚ Archie and Frank‚ rather than the significant historical events taking place around them. Being that Gallipoli is a film‚ it is designed to keep folks interested‚ which helps support the fact that the film is about mateship and honour rather than that of a war drama explaining the horrific and terrible events of which occurred. The plot about Archie and Frank‚ the two “heroes” in the film
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Interpretation that Haig was a Butcher: Source B2 was written by P. Smith a private in the 1st Border Regiment during the Somme describes the battle from how he saw it during the battle. He described it as “pure bloody murder” on the battlefield and he goes on to say in the source how Haig should have been “hung‚ drawn and quartered for what he did at the Somme”. He also goes on later to see how “The cream of British manhood was shattered in less than 6 hours”. Source B2 is reliable because of
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On 25 September 1915‚ twenty divisions of the Second Army and Fourth Army of Groupe d’armées du Centre (GAC: Central Army Group)‚ attacked at 9:15 a.m.‚ with each division covering a 1‚500–2‚000 yards (1‚400–1‚800 m) front. A second line of seven divisions followed‚ with one infantry division and six cavalry divisions in reserve. Six German divisions held the line opposite‚ in a front position and a reserve position the R-Stellung (R-Position) further back. French artillery observers benefitted from
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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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In Emilio Lusso’s Sardinian Brigade‚ life on the southern front was not necessarily an enjoyable experience. The soldiers spent most of their time in trenches. These trenches became the soldier’s homes‚ and most of their spare time was spent reinforcing them. The winter season was particularly uncomfortable for these men; they were given only a blanket and a canvas tarp to keep off the moisture‚ while they were still dressed in summer uniforms‚ which did not offer much warmth (Lusso‚ Sardinian Brigade
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Why did men continue to fight in WWI? The Great War was fought between 1914 until 1918. It took the lives of millions of men and it is said to have had horrible conditions‚ the question still remains. Why did men continue to fight in the Great War? Was it because of their discipline in the army? Did they fight because of their friends in the army? Or were the conditions in the trenches not as bad as people say they were? This essay will argue that‚ even though all of these reasons were very important
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07/10/12 How far does General Haig deserve to be known as ‘The Butcher of the Somme’? The Battle of the Somme was the most costly battle in terms of casualties every in the history of British Military. A decisive breakthrough was needed by the allies after 2 years of stalemate on the Western Front however after the first day of fighting at the Somme‚ it became very clear that the artillery bombardment had fail to smash German defences and barbed wire and so there were 60000 casualties on the 1/7/1916
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Shell shock was a psychological condition first encountered in troops returning from the battlefields of the First World War. Although at first many blew it off as mere cowardice on the part of the soldiers‚ the severity of this condition was not realized until the troops came home. Some were so deeply psychologically damaged that they lost control of their bodies to convulsing tremors‚ and some would dive to the floor at the mere mention of the word “bomb”. Although the condition of Nick Adams in
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World War II was a dangerous war with many causalities‚ and even more wounded; but the war medics were prepared. Through the cold winter in 1944 and the vigorous Battle of the Bulge‚ brave men risked their lives for something bigger than themselves; and the dangerous war would bring an unlikely pair together. Don Rader‚ a man who crusaded in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II was hit by shrapnel while Robert Alexander‚ a complete stranger‚ was his doctor. Don Rader In World War II there
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Three main Aztec weapons where the atlatls‚ spears and maquahutis. (ancient.eu and azetechistroy.com). Being held by three types of warriors: The Elites (The lowest rank) The Eagles (The middle rank) The Jaguars (The highest ranking of an Aztec warrior) (ancient.eu) The atlatl (At-Lat-el) was basically a single pointed stick made up of oak wood of about four inches long with a handle on one end‚ and a hook or a socket like pouch that holds the dart on the other the point consistent
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