All Quiet on the Western Front Study Guide — Study and Discussion Guide Chapter 1 1. Where are the men “at rest”? Five miles behind the front 2. Why is there such an abundance of rations? Miscalculation – did not count on so much of a lose of life on the front. 3. Who is the narrator? How old is he? Paul Bäumer – 19 years old 4. Identify the following: A. Tjaden - skinny locksmith; biggest eater (19) B. Albert Kropp – clearest thinker; lance-corporal C. Muller G. Detering – smart; dreams
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thought that the Allies could use this low morale and go across Flanders without much trouble. b. British were afraid that the Russians were going to pull out soon so they had to attack soon before the German forces only had to focus on the western front c. Aim of the campaign was destruction of German submarine bases on the Belgian coast 2) Key Events/Battle Strategy: a. July 18th 1917: a ten day long artillery barrage was launched at the German lines. i. This
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is to analyse the western genre within a set of selected frameworks‚ to do so I will be comparing and contrasting two films that come under the western genre category and were released nearly seventy years apart‚ the 1939 classic Stagecoach‚ from director John Ford and the 2005 hybrid western Serenity‚ from director Joss Whedon. The frameworks that will be used to compare and contrast both films within consist of technology‚ gender and audience. The Western Genre ‘The western is the only genre
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meant that time was of the essence to Germany. When war broke out Germany wanted to make sure that they would not be fighting a war on to fronts so capturing Paris was the goal of the plan. When the Schlieffen plan was put into action‚ 90% of the German army was sent to capture France leaving only the German Eighth Army to contain any Russian threat on the Eastern Front. Germany believed that Russia would take at least six weeks to mobilise and in that time Paris would have been successfully captured
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“Lions led by Donkeys.” How accurate an assessment is this of the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War? Written by Alan Clark a politician in the 1960s this quotation describes the leadership of the British Military and their strategies used in the Great War. It suggests that soldiers fighting in the World War were brave and courageous as he refers to them as lions. In comparison their leaders‚ the generals were mindless and stupid like donkeys. By holding these characteristics
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interpretation and states that under Haigs leadership‚ Britain and her allies won the war from encouraging new weapons and military tactics. After Haigs death in 1918‚ historians blamed him for needless laughter of nearly 750‚000 British soldiers on the Western Front and biographers pilloned him for his overconfidence‚ insensitivity and logical shortcountings. However a new age group of scholars now believes that he may have been more a victim of position than a cruel monster. This essay will try and support
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much was gained. Millions of soldiers and civilians alike were killed‚ and with no one great end-result for any of the central powers‚ it goes to show the uselessness of war. It is unmistakable to see these facts after reading All Quiet On the Western Front‚ a novel labeling the horrors of WW1 for what they are. The book is of a young soldiers experience in the trenches‚ and the indignities he suffered for the illusion of glory in battle. Overall‚ what can be said about the dismay‚ the terror that
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Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden to train and recruit an army for overseas service. At the time‚ Canada had a regular army of only 3‚112 men and a fledgling navy.[1] However‚ within a mere two months‚ Canada could boast of an army of over 32‚000 men as men flocked to recruiting stations. Most of the militia trained at CFB Valcartier‚ just north of Quebec City and within two months the First Contingent‚ Canadian Expeditionary Force‚ was on its way to England in the largest convoy ever to cross the
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Joey Padon Juana Collegio 2-28-13 Hell Where Youth and Laughter Go During WWI‚ many citizens were oblivious of the war and its imminent consequences. War poems and literature were the only effective methods to remove the distance and reveal the some of the truth. Siegfried Sassoon wrote “suicide in the trenches” as an anti war poem in the 20th century. Sassoon creates a dark atmosphere for the loss of innocence taken place during WWI in “Suicide in the Trenches” using a three-part structure
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terrible conditions. In the mud and rain the effort proved futile but the high command thought that enough ground had been gained to order an assault on 12 October. The Germans were fully prepared for the incoming attack‚ launched across an eleven mile front‚ small gains of land was only achieved during the attack. Then in the early days of August‚ the area was saturated with the heaviest rain the region had seen in thirty years. The area in Flanders became effectively a swamp. The weather at the site
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