War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front (217 Words) There was a clear expectation that WW1 would be a quick‚ offensive military war over by Christmas. Introduction of new technology such as munitions and tanks changed the structure of war as many were not prepared for modern warfare. Millions of men participated in war along with vast numbers of horses and later trucks‚ there was a great need for food and medical supplies however‚ it was hard to sustain. There were
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has passed‚ but I don’t suspect I’ll be home by Christmas. Our soldiers are exhausted. Days are spent walking knee deep in mud and worse‚ sometimes waist deep in mud. Many of the men need rest but there is a war that has just begun. My sleeps are less than one hour at a time but I am constantly interrupted by the violent images I have witnessed. The conditions here are horrific. Rats the size of cats are festering in the trenches. These rodents are polluted with disease‚ on the look out for
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with heavy war machinery and severe casualties. The picture in the Stearns text book on page 808 displays a group of soldiers during World War I in the trenches‚ their homes and in most cases-their death beds during combat. In this picture it is clear to see that life in the trenches was dismal and uncomfortable. Trenches were basically dug out pieces of land that soldiers fought from and sought refuge in upon returning attacks. They were not fun places to live and consisted of numbers of
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Write a one or two paragraph diary entry explaining how the soldiers viewed their experience with their enemies. Mention in your diary the propaganda these men may have been subjected to and explain if and how their attitudes had changed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Diary‚ It is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts - yet I could not sleep myself before writing to you
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in the way of trench warfare‚ and the use of poisonous gas. The trenches in which the soldiers were in was so grotesque‚ and filled with diseases that it was almost a death sentence to stay in them. In this war‚ a simple cut or scrape could be as fatal as getting shot‚ because of all the diseases going around in the trenches from the bacteria in the trenches. The conditions in which Jean Dartemont and the millions of other soldiers that fought in WWI‚ depicted by Gabriel Chevallier’s novel Fear:
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So it’s my first day on the battlefield it’s September 16 1916. Yesterday was the first day that the British and French used their tanks they are slow but can take somewhat of a beating and do some major damage to the germans. Well i could not finish yesterday’s entry we had to take cover because the germans started to bombard us with artillery fire and we lost about 30 people in about two minutes and we found their body covered in rats this morning. So today we are going to use the tanks and artillery
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Dear Diary‚ Through all this tough time I can’t imagine that I am still alive. I didn’t know that the area that I was in‚ was exposed to this extreme weather condition. In summer it’s was extremely hot‚ luckily that I am an Australian and already got used to this type of weather. Not only the summer weather condition had affected us however‚ now in winter the weather conditions had gotten worst. It turned out to be freezing cold‚ snow fall most of the time. We were unprepared and only have
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Do you agree with the view that the British soldier’s life in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War was one of unbroken horror? Trench conditions varied widely between different theatres of war‚ different sectors within a theatre‚ and with the time of year and weather. Trench life was however always one of considerable squalor‚ with so many men living in a very constrained space. Source 7 supports this by saying “troops fell prey to dysentery and trench fever as a result of
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My life before today was perfect September 25‚ 1776. I could go outside and play. I could put on my clothes without the big yellow star on the front of my jacket or shirt. Life was great until the Germans sent a letter for my mom to go to one of the concentration camps. I was so scared and I had no idea what we were going to do. Now we have to pack our bags and go somewhere to hide. I have no idea what my life is going to look like in a couple of days from now or even a year. It is the next day
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get a job‚ to get away from the drought and some people even had war fever. On the other hand‚ some people went because they felt like it was the right thing to do and because everyone else was doing it. A lot of time people think only about the soldiers that went to war and forget about the women who also enlisted as nurses and did other important jobs. England was like home to the Australian’s but is that really why they went to war‚ when it comes down to it this is only a small reason as to why
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